Lecture 8 - Maori History & Environment Flashcards

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Māori Origins

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  • Cosmological Origins
  • Creation stories Sky father (Rangi) and Eath Mother (Papa)
  • Creation of Gods eg.Tangaroa, Tāne Māhuta
  • Creation of the first person
  • Maui narratives, North Island (Fish), South Island (Waka/ Canoe)
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Kupe

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1200 AD

discovers Aotearoa

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3
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Settlement in New Zealand from

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1150-1450

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4
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Waka (canoes) travels back and forth to

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Hawaiiki (eg. Araiteuru, Mataatua, Tainui)

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5
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Settlement in Aotearoa/ New Zealand from Hawaiiki

year

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850-1400AD.

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First settlements were along

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Coastal areas North Island

With time settlement into the interior and the South Island.

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Whakapapa/genealogy

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Interconnectedness

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8
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Maori principles

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Whanaungatanga
Manaakitanga
Mana
Utu

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9
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Whanaungatanga

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Family support

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10
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Manaakitanga

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General support & Nuturing

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11
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Mana

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Power & Prestige

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12
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Utu

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Balance

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13
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Abel Janzoon Tasman

year, who is, what he do, sailed to, encountered

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(1602-1659)
Dutch explorer

December 1642 sighted land near Hokitika

Sailed to Golden Bay, and encountered the Ngāti Tumatakokiri people

Sailed to West Coast of North Island

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14
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James Cook
(year, what he do)
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(1778-1779)

October 1769 sighted land near Poverty bay, North Island

Place Aotearoa on Maps of Europe

Interacted with many whānau and hapū

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15
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Early missionary contact with Māori in 1814

Who Established a Mission in Bay of Islands?

A
Rev. 
Samuel Marsden, 
William Hall, 
John King and 
Thomas Kendall
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16
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What did Europeans trade with Maori?

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nails, axes, pots, knives etc.

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17
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What did Aotearoa supply to NSW prison colony?

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flax, vegetables, fruit and pork

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18
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Captain William Hobson

what he do, when 1st meeting, how many signed, died, responsible for

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Drafted Treaty responsible for Māori signatories

1st meeting of chiefs 6 February 1840 at Waitangi.

544 chiefs sign the Treaty
• 505 Māori Version
• 39 English Version

Died in September 1841

Responsible for beginning the Westminster system of government into New Zealand

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19
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Treaty of Waitangi 4 parts

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Preamble(Introduction)

Article 1 (Sovereignty/ Kawanatanga)

Article 2 (Guarantee lands forests etc/ tāonga)

Article 3 (Māori rights of British subjects)

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20
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Social aspects of Aotearoa 1840-1860 (Māori)

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Māori adopt western technology for agriculture (grow crops, orchards, stock lands, growing methods)

Increasing land loss, Pākehā population, intermarriage between Pākehā and Māori

Different attitudes to land. Māori did not inherit the land, they have it on loan for their grandchildren.

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21
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1857 population of maori and non maori

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Non Māori population of approx 59,000

Māori Population of approx 56,000.

22
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Major settlements of Pākehā population in what cities?

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Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin.

23
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Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson were established by

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New Zealand Company

a British based immigrant company

24
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Governor George Grey (1845-1853)

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Deal with hostilities between Māori and European settlers

Given resources from Britain

Politician

Established a constitution for representative government

General Assembly (Parliament)
No representation for Māori
25
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Land Conflicts and Grey

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Land title in Nelson, Taranaki and Wellington

Occupied Māori land in Northland with troops

Imprisoned Māori without trial

Assured Māori of their rights

Instituted land sales through large meetings.

26
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Land Conflicts and Grey

1852 Constitution set up two

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provincial governments and a central government

Māori responsibility shifted from the governor to the central settler government

27
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Trouble in Taranaki

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Government agents try buy land at Waitara

negotiated with Te Teira Manuka instead of Wiremu Kingi (Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake) of Ngāti Kura and Ngāti Mutunga of Ati Awa.

Fighting Broke out, stale mate was a result

28
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Government criticised by..

& why?

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missionaries and the Chief Justice for not properly dealing with Māori.

29
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Governor Gore Browne criticised by

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settler government for the stalemate and giving up rights.

He was sent back to England

30
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Governor George Grey (1860-1868)

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sent back to NZ

Reoccupied (with troops) the disputed Taranaki

Māori protests met by force

Battles in Taranaki

Took land because Maori deemed ‘in rebellion’

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Governor George Grey 1863

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invaded Waikato, Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Took land because Maori deemed ‘in rebellion’

32
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Settler Government responses for Land acquisition

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Deeds of Purchases

New Zealand Settlement Act 1863 (confiscation of land)

Native Land Court Act 1862

Native Land Court Act 1865
(land investigation and subsequent sale)

PublicWorksActs (compulsory taking of land)

33
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Crown Purchases regions

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Nelson / Blenheim 
North Canterbury
West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
Southland / Stewart Island
34
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Crown purchases in Nelson / Blenheim regions

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Wairau Purchase
Waitohi
Pakawau
Waipounamu Purchase

35
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Year of Crown purchases in 
Wairau Purchase 
Waitohi
Pakawau
Waipounamu Purchase
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1847
1850
1852
1856

36
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Crown purchases in North Canterbury regions

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North Canterbury Purchase Kaikoura Purchase

37
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Year of Crown purchases in North Canterbury Purchase Kaikoura Purchase

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1857

1859

38
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Crown purchases in West Coast

& year of purchase

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Arahura Purchase

1860

39
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Crown purchases in Canterbury regions

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Kemp Purchase
Port Cooper Purchase Port Levy Purchase
Akaroa Purchase

40
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Year of Crown purchases in
Kemp Purchase
Port Cooper Purchase Port Levy Purchase
Akaroa Purchase

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1848
1849
1849
1856

41
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Crown purchases in Otago regions

& year of purchase

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Otakou Purchase

1844

42
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Crown purchases in Southland / Stewart Island regions

& year of purchase

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Murihiku Purchase
Rakiura Purchase
1853
1864

43
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Year of purchases in 
Nelson / Blenheim 
North Canterbury
West Coast
Canterbury
Otago
Southland / Stewart Island
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1844 - 1864

44
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Problems

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  • Direct British influence in New Zealand was minimised and marginalised viz. Settlers
  • 1867 Māori Representation Act (4 members)
  • Legislation pertaining to rivers, harbours etc ignore Māori and their rights
  • Deeds of Sale for Land; Various provisions not carried out by the purchaser (Crown)
45
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Māori responses

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Māori King movement (from 1850s)

Māori Parliament movement (late 1870s-1902) (Own political movements)

Petitions to the Crown to recognise breaches of Treaty rights.

46
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Petitions to the Crown to recognise breaches of Treaty rights.

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Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives
Deeds of Sale
Rivers
Land blocks

Petitions to Queen Victoria, 1882, 1884.

47
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Māori by 1900

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3/4 maori land taken by crown

Huge areas of New Zealand populated by destitute Māori

census Māori (42,000)

48
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Cooks arrival 1776 Maori population

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approx. 100,000

49
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1857/1858 Māori and pakeha population

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56,000

59,000

50
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1896 Māori population

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42,000