Te Tiriti o Waitangi: A History

 Hey Bloggers, this week we are just finishing off our study of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Today we had to make a timeline of important key events that happened concerning the treaty, what lead up to it and what followed. Sorry if you don't understand what is happening, I was trying to fit it all in. In case you don't understand what is happening throughout the time line here is some quick bullet points that sum up what I was trying to say.

• Māori were living in Aotearoa to themselves 

• All of land and natural resources belonged to Māori

• 1769 Captain Cook arrived in NZ

• 1790 pāheka came to hunt seals and whales, cut trees and flax to sell elsewhere. Pakeha Missionaries spread Christianity across NZ

• By 183o several hundred Pakeha came to live in what they called NZ

• 1831 - chiefs wrote to King of England and asking for protection from the French

• 28 October 1835 james Busby presented document to chiefs at Waitangi - the Declaration of Independence 

• By 1840 52 chiefs had signed declaration of independence

• Late January, 1840 William Hobson arrived in Bay of Islands

• 6 Feb 1840 some chiefs ready to Sign Treaty

• Over the next 7 months, in 1840, over 700 chiefs ‘signed’ the Treaty of Waitangi

• Māori and British fought the NZ land wars 1845-1872

• 1865 Māori lost land through the Native Court System

• 1906 James Carroll native Minister said time to help Māori who have lost land due to British people’s actions

• 1975 Waitangi Tribunal set up to sort out disputes

• 1985 rules changes so that historic claims could be fought (land that was taken way back in the past!)

Do you know much about this time line? If there is anything that I can improve about the time line please tell me! Do you think that the government did the right thing opening the tribunal? I think it was a pretty good idea, it is good that they want to fox the wrongs that happened. Please comment below if there is anything that I can improve on.

Bye Bloggers, Soph :)