About 40 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840. By the end of the year, about 500 other MÄori, including 13 women, had put their names or moko to the document; all but 39 signed the MÄori text.ollowing the meeting at Waitangi, the Treaty circulated around the country for MÄori to sign. Between February and September 1840, missionaries, traders and officials explained its terms at 50 or so signing meetings from the far north of the North Island to Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait.
da-mier, dam-i-er ] The baby boy name Damier is pronounced as DAEMiy-er â . The origin of Damier is the Slavonic language. Damier is a variation of the name Damir (Slavic). Damier is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.
Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were used to control the water level, for Mesopotamia's weather affected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and could be quite unpredictable. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of the capital Amman. dry dam also known as a flood retarding structure, is a dam designed to control flooding. It normally holds back no water and allows the channel to flow freely, except during periods of intense flow that would otherwise cause flooding downstream.