By Martin Doutre. In large Softcovers, First Edition 2005, colour Plates, Black and White Photographs, illustrations, maps, 166 Pages, Published By De Dannan Publishers Auckland. A Near Fine Copy. SCARCE. Foreword- 'It is openly acknowledged by our Treaty of Waitangi historians and experts that the final English draft of the treaty, which provided the text for the Maori translation, went missing in February 1840. From historical references, we know that this document was written by British Resident, James Busby. Captain William Hobson handed the final draft to Reverend Henry Williams at 4 p.m. on the 4th February 1840 for translation into Te Tiriti O Waitangi. In mid-March 1989 an English language version of the Treaty of Waitangi was found in Pukekohe, South Auckland, when members of the Littlewood family were sorting out the estate of their recently deceased mother. This old sheet of paper has, subsequently, been identified to be in the handwriting of British Resident, James Busby by New Zealand's leading handwriting expert of documents from the early colonial era, Dr Phil Parkinson of the Alexander Turnbull Library. As astounding feature of this newly found document is that it is dated the 4th February 1840. It is also written on very old paper, bearing a W. Tucker 1833 watermark' Fascinating and Scarce and desirable New Zealand history'