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William Hobson
William Hobson was lieutenant-governor from 1840 to 1841 and governor from 1841 to 1842. One of his first tasks on arriving in New Zealand on 29 January 1940 was signing the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February that year.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: G-826-1
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