Lecture 16 -1863-1881 Flashcards
When was the Kingitangi movement created?
1858
What is the kingitangi and why did it arise?
Kingitangi is the Māori version of a monarchy. It arose because Māori wanted to have a similar style of leadership and sovereignty that they saw from the Pakeha settlers
Why did the Waikato war arise?
British and colonial forces did not like the idea of a Māori King and wanted to destroy the idea.
Who fought in the Waikato war?
The British army, some people were brought in and paid to do so. Settlers, military and Māori loyalist who were afraid of land loss.
Was the land in the South Island sold for cheap or expensive in the 1950s?
Cheap because hospitals and schools were promised but this never happened
What is the New Zealand constitution act 1852?
That the British were in control of New Zealand and to vote you had to be a man over 21 and own land under the crown
Did the New Zealand constitution act 1852 include Māori?
Māori men were not directly unincluded but the amount who could vote was low as most Māori owned land through the native tribal title rather than the crown title.
Noah’s (noahs arc) whakapapa showed he had three sons who started three different religions/races, which son started jewish religion.
Shem
Why is Shem relevant to Māori?
Because Shem started Asian, Pacifica and Māori populations. There are many similarities because Hebrew practices and Māori practices. This meant that historically Māori would often associate as Jewish when they were over Christian missionary’s.
What is Pai Mārie 1862?
A religion which gave independent Christianity to Māori. This was very popular and had a church called Hauhau.
What happened to the Pai Mārie religion after time?
It became associated with violence due to war
Which tribe was prominent in Waikato?
Tanui
What did the government want to build through the King country ?
A railway
Where did Tanui reside after the Kingitangi was overthrown by the crown?
In Ngāti maniapoto
What court formed in 1862-1865
The Native land court
What did this court do/could do
Owners of land under a native title could be given a certificate which meant they could transfer land to the crown and well directly to Pakeha
What was an issue with this transfer of title?
The title could only be given to 10 owners when previously land has been owned by everyone in an iwi.
What was an outcome of the 10 owners only policy?
Māori had to compete over land which gave individual ownership and broke up Whakapapa. An issue with this was that legal negotiations were expensive so people could not do anything to prevent this.
What was one way Pakeha tricked/wrongly got Māori to sell the land.
They would make them in debt by introducing gambling addictions ect which meant they had to sell the land.
What time period experienced the greatest land loss?
1860-1890
What act was brought into parliament in 1867 and hoe many seats did it give Māori?
Māori representative act, 4 seats
What happened in the 1870s (Hawkes bay)
The repudiation arose about getting land back.
Who did the Hawkes bay repudiation involve?
Chiefs such as Hēnae Matua and Haraitiana takamoana.
What Pakeha were involved?
Henry Russel
What was Henry Russels motivate and was this conflictive.
It was conflictive because even though he had benefited from dodgy land sales from Māori he wanted to take out his competitors by accusing them of this. It was hypocritical of him.
Did these cases against land loss have high success
No they had low success
What was Parihaka in the 1870s-1881
A settlement in Taranaki where Māori would reside when they were displaced. This was a resistance group and would often act in peaceful protest such as plowing through seed feilds
How did the pakeha respond to these peaceful protest.
They invaded Parihaki and even thought they were welcomed on arrival made many arrests.
What was the New Zealand settlement act and when did it occur?
- It gave the right to governors to confiscate land.
Where did people go when the land was confiscated by the Nz settlement act
Parihaka
Who lead the destruction of Parihaka?
John Bryce
What happened in 1975? (Movement)
The Māori land March, they travelled the length of the North Island.
Who started the Māori land March?
Dame Whina Cooper.
What was the purpose of the land March
The raise awareness of the wrong land confiscations.
What is an example of another land occupation protest?
Bastion point
