Treaty of Waitangi
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- When did Maori first arrive in Aotearoa, New Zealand?
- a) Between 1150 & 1200AD
- b) Between 1250 & 1350AD
- c) Between 1250 & 1300AD
- d) Last Year
- In the 1790’s Pakeha arrived in NZ to do what?
- a) Hunt Moa b) Start families
- c) Hunt whale & seals d) Escape prison sentences
- What was the name of the British official sent to secure British rule over NZ?
- a) William Johnson b) Abel Tasman
- c) William Hobson d) Captain James Cook
- There were two things that Maori chiefs Hone Heke Pokai and Tamati Waka Nene thought signing the treaty would help accomplish. What were they?
→If they signed the treaty it would be a good thing because it would stop intertribal warfare.
→They also believed that it would make trade between Maori and Pakeha easier and fairer.
- True or False: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi are the exact same.
- a) True b) False
- The Waitangi Tribunal was set up in 1975. Describe the job the Waitangi Tribunal have?
→It is a kind of court that investigates whether the government has broken any treaty promises.
WORD | DEFINITION | YOUR OWN SENTENCE |
colonisation | When a country takes control of another country and sends people to live there. | That way Britain could make rules about thighs like colonisation and the purchase of land. |
treaty | It is something that we sign to keep away all the bad arguments and war. | A number of copies of the treaty were made and taken around the country. |
sovereignty | The authority of a state to give itself or another state. | Some people now think that tino rangatiratanga is a better term for the idea of sovereignty than kawanatanga. |
- When the treaty was signed William Hobson said out loud “He iwi
tahi tātou.” (“We are one people.”)
What do you think he meant by this?
→I think that when he said we are one people he meant to say they are strong .
- The article describes differences between Te Tiriti and the Treaty of Waitangi – Why do you think those differences caused difficulties?
→ I think it causes difficulties because there was a difference between the Maori treaty and the English version of the treaty.