Thursday, 6 February 2014

Happy Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day is a public holiday for New Zealanders held on the 6th February every year to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the country's founding document, in 1840.

Official celebrations are held at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in the Bay of Islands, Northland, but there are also many other events throughout the country. 

Can you work out (with Mum and Dad's help), maybe with a calculator, how many years ago the Treaty was signed?

Post your answer as a comment below