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dec 29, 1839 - In 1840, Apihai Te Kawau and two other Ngāti Whātua chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Apihai then invited the first governor to establish his capital city on the Tāmaki isthmus. Ngāti Whātua provided over 3000 acres of land for the new township of Auckland.

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~ 185 years ago