Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Last week in Hurumanu 1 we have been learning more about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We wrote down some notes about the video and here are some of them:
The Maori population was around 100,000 in the late 1830s but it later dropped to 70 to 80 thousand. The reason for the big drop in the population was war and disease.
The main settlement in New Zealand was Kororakea or Russell.
France tried to colonize New Zealand, a person named Edward Gibbon Wakefield set up the New Zealand Company. The British sent William Hobson to set up the Treaty of Waitangi because they were worried French would lead Maori to extinction.
There was a problem about the Treaty of Waitangi, a missionary and his son translated all of it in one night and there were some mistakes. Some of the words were wrongly translated, maybe it was on accident because they were rushing and had to do it in one night or they might have done it on purpose.
The treaty has been neglected like it was under piles of paper, got soaked in water, gnawed by rats and was almost lost in a fire. Here is how it looks now
Ka pai Kareem! This is a fantastic blog post showing that you have learnt heaps about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog post because you have written your paragraphs in your own words and they are clear and easy to follow.
Keep up the great work.
Mrs Hastie