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King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1859, 8 September 1923, Page 7

Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds never fails. Describing the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which he declared was the basis of British sovereignty in New Zealand, Sir Frederick Chapman, in an address at New Plymouth, said that the treaty was adopted, after much discussion, at a meeting of Natives at Mr Busby's station on February 5 and 6, 1840. Opposition, which was keen, was overcome at the first meeting on the sth, and an adjournment until the 7th was agreed to, but on February 6 led by Tamati Waka Nene, who really brought about the consent of the Natives, many Native chiefs signed. After that, signatures came in rapidly. It was carried throughout the North Island by the Rev. Henry Williams, of Paihia, and other emissaries and some chiefs of the South Island also signed. In all 512 signatures were readily affixed to the treaty. It bears the date February 6, 1840, and is written in both English and Maori.