Week 11-Assertions of Sovereignty

Question 1

What incident is regarded as the first determined challenge to the Govt’s sovereignty? When & where?

Answer 1

1844 Kororareka (Russell). Hone Heke thought that the queen did not keep her promises so he repeatedly cut down the flagpole.

Question 2

What does the following statement mean & what is the history behind it? “Ka whawhai tonu ahau ki a koe, āke, āke, āke!”

Answer 2

“We shall fight on forever, and ever, and ever!” Rewi Maniapoto and his 300 warriors were defending their pa against 2000 government soldiers. The Brigadier General Carey asked for their surrender and Rewi replied with the above. The battle was over the confiscated land up to 1863.

Question 3

In what decade did the Māori ‘cultural renaissance’ occur?

Answer 3

1970s

Question 4

When was the Waitangi Tribunal established?

Answer 4

1975 (could hear claims back to 1975)

Question 5

Why was the Waitangi Tribunal established?

Answer 5

To settle Māori grievances (land & water rights)

Question 6

What significant event regarding the tribunal occurred in 1985?

Answer 6

Given retrospective powers back to 1840.

Question 7

Outline three strategies Māori have employed to assert their mana and rangatiratanga.

Answer 7

Occupying land, cutting down flagpole, land march, lobbying, establish political parties.

Question 8

Briefly discuss three examples of Māori assertions of sovereignty.

Answer 8

1 Hone Heke (1844) cut down flagpole. 2. Bastion point (1977) confiscated Māori land was occupied for 506 days protesting the confiscation. 3. Land march (1975) Dame Whina Cooper started a march from the far north to WGTN in protest of land confiscation.