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William Hobson
William Hobson was a Royal Navy officer and the first governor of New Zealand. Sent by the British government, he negotiated the Treaty of Waitangi with Māori chiefs on 6 February 1840 and proclaimed British sovereignty over the islands. He chose Auckland as capital and governed the new colony until his death in office in 1842.
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