Waitangi Treaty Monument

[2] The monument was registered as a Category I heritage item by the Historic Places Trust on 19 March 1987 with registration number 71.

[1] In mid-1880, members of Ngāpuhi commissioned the Auckland-based stonemason company of Buchanan to construct a memorial commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

It was constructed with a large base with a shaft, capital and frieze with a diminishing column with the entire structure reaching a total height of 17 feet (5.2 m).

[4] More than 3,000 Maori nationwide arrived for the unveiling of the memorial and a substantial meeting house or runanga whare.

There was also a hui (gathering) to discuss three clauses in the Treaty of Waitangi with a view to setting aside past intertribal conflicts.