The flag raised, the Prime Minister and his party were greeted by tangata whenua. Afterwards Mr Kirk and Mr Rata boarded the recently-refloated canoe Nga Toki Matawhaorua to travel out to the royal yacht Britannia where Her Majesty the Queen gave the royal assent to the Bill naming her as Queen of New Zealand. ‘Waitangi will always remain an honoured name in New Zealand's history. The Treaty The Prime Minister accompanied by Bruce Gregory greets those on the marae. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. A. J. Falkner greets tangata whenua signed on this spot in 1840 between Maori and Pakeha was based on compromise and tolerance and has set the keynote for this country's development. ‘Since then peoples from all parts of the