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This article is written in New Zealand English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, analyse, centre, fiord) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Treaty of Waitangi has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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August 20, 2017	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 25, 2018	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 7, 2018. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi (pictured), barely escaped burning in a fire, was lost for decades, and then was found in a damp basement heavily water damaged and chewed by rodents?
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on February 6, 2007, February 6, 2008, February 6, 2009, February 6, 2010, February 6, 2018, February 6, 2020, and February 6, 2022.
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