Fiona McKinney and Michael Gilbert raising the New Zealand Ensign at a New Zealand Day celebration at Port Underwood. The ceremony was arranged by the Marlborough branch of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, and the guard formed by members of H.M.N'.Z.S. Inverell. British sovereignty was declared over the South Island at Port Underwood on June 17, 1840. after the last signatures had been put to the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33455, 9 February 1974, Page 3
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70Fiona McKinney and Michael Gilbert raising the New Zealand Ensign at a New Zealand Day celebration at Port Underwood. The ceremony was arranged by the Marlborough branch of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, and the guard formed by members of H.M.N'.Z.S. Inverell. British sovereignty was declared over the South Island at Port Underwood on June 17, 1840. after the last signatures had been put to the Treaty of Waitangi. Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33455, 9 February 1974, Page 3
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