Lecture 8 - Maori History & Environment Flashcards
Māori Origins
- 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)
Kupe
1200 AD
discovers Aotearoa
Settlement in New Zealand from
1150-1450
Waka (canoes) travels back and forth to
Hawaiiki (eg. Araiteuru, Mataatua, Tainui)
Settlement in Aotearoa/ New Zealand from Hawaiiki
year
850-1400AD.
First settlements were along
Coastal areas North Island
With time settlement into the interior and the South Island.
Whakapapa/genealogy
Interconnectedness
Maori principles
Whanaungatanga
Manaakitanga
Mana
Utu
Whanaungatanga
Family support
Manaakitanga
General support & Nuturing
Mana
Power & Prestige
Utu
Balance
Abel Janzoon Tasman
year, who is, what he do, sailed to, encountered
(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
James Cook (year, what he do)
(1778-1779)
October 1769 sighted land near Poverty bay, North Island
Place Aotearoa on Maps of Europe
Interacted with many whānau and hapū
Early missionary contact with Māori in 1814
Who Established a Mission in Bay of Islands?
Rev. Samuel Marsden, William Hall, John King and Thomas Kendall
What did Europeans trade with Maori?
nails, axes, pots, knives etc.
What did Aotearoa supply to NSW prison colony?
flax, vegetables, fruit and pork
Captain William Hobson
what he do, when 1st meeting, how many signed, died, responsible for
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
Treaty of Waitangi 4 parts
Preamble(Introduction)
Article 1 (Sovereignty/ Kawanatanga)
Article 2 (Guarantee lands forests etc/ tāonga)
Article 3 (Māori rights of British subjects)
Social aspects of Aotearoa 1840-1860 (Māori)
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.