The Partnership Flashcards
What were the reasons for the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi?
The British wanted a Treaty so that they could carry on gaining access to NZ’s natural resources and trade with Maori, to establish British law, protect law-abiding citizens from the actions of Pakeha, to protect Maori from the actions of private companies and people who were looking to secure land in NZ to sell to migrants, to have Maori cooperation to secure the peaceful settlement of British Migrants, to stop any other power from taking over NZ and to secure control over NZ.
The Maori Chiefs wants a Treaty to share authority with the British, to gain protection from unruly settlers, the chiefs would control their people; the British would pass laws to control non-Maori, to continue trade with the British, to gain protection from other powers like the French taking over NZ, To gain protections from dishonest private companies and people, to continue their special relationship with the British
What misunderstandings were there over the Treaty and why were there misunderstandings?
From the treaty the misunderstandings was that the Maori version was that they would allow the British Government (crown) to govern with the Maori, while the British thought that the Maori passed on the sovereignty to the British government
What were the causes and consequences of the New Zealand Wars which followed the signing of the Treaty?
The cause of the New Zealand Wars which followed the signing of the Treaty was that the settlers forced the Maori to sell their lands to the settlers and threatened them to do so, these tribes either hadn’t signed the Treaty or believed that the Treaty had guaranteed that the Chiefs would still keep their power over their people. The consequence of this, that the Maori had to give away their lands to the British once the British won the New Zealand Wars leaving only bits of land to the Maori.
Identify the causes and consequences of the Maori protest movement in the 1970s
The causes of the Maori protest movement in the 1970s, was that because of the Maori Land Rights this could result in consequences where protestors were either thrown in jails or even threatened to not protest (like in Bastion Point).
Hone Heke
Hone Heke was the leader of the Ngāpuhi tribe. He was the first rangatira (chief) to sign the Treaty of Waitangi.
William Hobson
William Hobson was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand. He was the person who persuaded the Maori to sign over sovereignty of all or part of New Zealand to the British. Thus was the co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi
James Busby
James Busby was a British resident who settled in NZ and was the co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria served as monarch of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901.
Henry Williams
He was a Missionary and was the leader of the Missionary school. And was the one who he and his son translated the British document into Maori in a night.
King Potatau
King Potatau was the leader of the Waikato iwi (tribe), He was known for fighting against the colonial government.
Governor Grey
Governor Grey was the governor of the initial stages of the New Zealand Wars and become a pioneer scholar of the Maori Culture.
Whina Cooper
Whina Cooper was an 80-year woman who was the leader of the protesting against the government of Maori Land Rights
Eva Rickard
Eva Rickard was famous for her protest for Maori Land Rights and had forced the Government to give Land Rights back to Maori
Joe Hawke
Joe Hawke was included in leading the Bastion Point protest against the government of Maori Land issues
The Elizabeth Affair
The Elizabeth Affair was when Māori was deeply concerned about the threat of outsides and the inter-tribal threats. Because of that, the British sent James Busby to control it.
The Treaty of Waitangi
The British went away from the Treaty thinking that they had secured the right to rule NZ, the Chiefs went away thinking that they were to rule NZ in partnership with the British.
The War in the North
The Northern woman settlers flict involved fighting between two factions of Ngāpuhi as well as clashes with British forces. The war began with the sacking of Kororāreka.
The formation of the Kingitanga
Maori decided that they would put their land under the protection of the Maori King so it wouldn’t be sold. Maori also felt that they weren’t getting the say in running the country which they felt the Treaty had promised them.
The war in the Waikato
Governor Grey became determined to crush the King Movement in the Waikato. This would destroy a threat to British Government in NZ and also be ould seize the land in the Waikato for the settlers. Grey started a campaign to convince the settlers that the King Movement was going to invade Auckland so that he could justify invading the Waikato.
The confiscation of Maori land after the wars
After the end of the Waikato Wars, the British took away chunks of land after they had won forcing them to give up land from the loss of the war.
Maori Land March
About 4000 marchers arrived at Parliament and presented a petition signed by 60,000 people to Prime Minister Bill Rowling. The primary aim of the hikoi (march) was to protest ongoing Māori land alienation.
Bastion Point Protest
Maori had been told that the remaining tribal land at Orakei would be theirs but the government then announced it would be sold off for high-cost housing. This led to the protest of 800 police and the New Zealand army evicting over 200 protestors from the ancestral lands they had hoped to get back. Over time, through negotiations and a successful treaty claim, Bastion Point was returned to Ngāti Whātua
Raglan Golf Course Protest
The Raglan (Whāingaroa) protest raged in the 1970s over the,iii Raglan golf course. The government had taken the land from Māori during the Second World War to use as a military airfield. The land was not handed back at the end of the war to its former Māori owners - instead part of it became a public golf course. An occupation was led by Eva Rickard in 1978, and she and other protestors were arrested on the ninth hole of the course. The land was eventually returned.
Tino Rangatiratira
In Maori it means, the right of Maori people to rule themselves; self-determination
