Maori-Pakeha Relations

This unit focuses on Maori-Pakeha relations between 1642 and 1840, involving struggles surrounding land, sovereignty and law as New Zealand started to transform from a Maori world to a Pakeha one.

Learning Intentions:

1. Understand what social, cultural, economic and political forces led to the interaction of Maori and Pakeha before 1840, and how these forces influenced race relations during this time.

2. Understand what trends developed in race relations before 1840, and the influence of these trends.

3. Understand what forces influenced the growing British interest in New Zealand, and how the relationship between Maori and British led to a Treaty.

4. Understand what the Treaty said, why Maori signed, and the immediate influences which the Treaty had.

Achievement Standards covered:

3.1 (91434) Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders, using primary and secondary sources

3.2 (91435) Analyse an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders

Concepts:

Race Relations

Treaty of Waitangi

Conflict

Social

Cultural

Economic

Political

Trend

Achievement Objective:

Understand how trends over time reflect social, economic, and political forces

Indicators:

• Explains how social, cultural, economic, and political forces produce trends over time
• Analyses social, cultural, economic, and political forces
• Identifies and explains the influence of trends over time
• Illustrates how trends have changed over time