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?
→stop war and
→making trading more fair and easier with the pakeha and the maori
- True or False: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi are the exact same.
- a) True b) False
WORD | DEFINITION | YOUR OWN SENTENCE |
colonisation | When a country takes over another and sends other people to live there. | The Maori and British Crown Have had a colonisation. |
treaty | A contract between Leaders and means A safety protection contract | The Maori and the British Crown have signed the Treaty. |
sovereignty | It means when a country wants to take another country and will. | The British has Sovereignty taken over new zealand. |
- 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?
→ he meant that the British Crown and the Maori had become one.