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Nine (9) documents that make up Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty of Waitangi is a written agreement between the British Crown and Māori that they will work together and help each other.
The treaty helped to create the New Zealand we know today.
Many people's ancestors immigrated to New Zealand after the treaty was created, which helped to shape the multicultural society we live in today.
Painting of the treaty signing by Marcus King, 1938 (Alexander Turnbull Library, G-821-2)
Māori - Tangata Whenua.
Māori - Tangata Whenua.
The Māori are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand. They arrived in Aotearoa in the 1200s and lived here for hundreds of years before Pākehā (non-Māori) people from Britain came to live in New Zealand in the 1800s.
They had developed their own way of living and were very knowledgeable of their environment.
A marae at Kaitotehe, near Taupiri mountain, Waikato district, 1844. It was associated with Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, a chief who became the first Māori king.
Oihi Bay, Bay of Islands, Rangihoua Mission Station, New Zealand's first mission established in 1814 by Reverend Samuel Marsden.
The arrival of Europeans (PĀKEHĀ)
The arrival of Europeans (PĀKEHĀ)
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman arrived in Aotearoa in 1642 and then British explorer James Cook in 1769, the European world made its entry into tribal New Zealand.
At first there were small groups of Pākehā people who wanted to fish in the ocean, find food, cut down trees and trade (swap) things with Māori tribes. Soon a lot more Pākehā began to arrive.
Māori had their own rules but many of the Pākehā people did not follow these rules so Māori asked the Queen of England - Queen Victoria, to control her people.
There are two versions of the treaty.
There are two versions of the treaty.
The treaty is a bilingual text. It was written in two languages - First it was written in English and then translated to Māori.
The treaty was made so that everyone promised to work together and respect each other instead of fighting with each other.
It contains 3 main ideas
A partnership between Māori and Pākehā that they would agree to work together.
The protection of Māori knowledge, language and values.
Everyone follows the rules of the treaty through the action of participation which means taking action and working together.
The Treaty was written in English by William Hobson who was sent by Queen Victoria and James Busby a British Settler. It was translated into Māori by Henry and Edward Williams.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed by...
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed by...
40 chiefs on the 6th of February, 1840.
39 chiefs did not sign.
There are 9 treaty documents.
More than 500 rangatira (chiefs) signed the documents.
It took many days to collect all the signatures.
The Treaty documents travelled around New Zealand to be signed.
Did the treaty work?
Did the treaty work?
Queen Victoria - Ruler of Great Britian - The British Empire. Also known as 'The Crown'.
Tāmati Waka Nene of Ngāpuhi
Signed the Treaty and told people to sign it.
Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia Chief of Ngāti Tamaterā iwi -
Refused to sign the treaty.
The treaty did and did not work.
The treaty did and did not work.
The treaty was meant to provide good outcomes for both Māori and Pākehā. People who signed it wanted peace and wanted to build good relationships.
Unfortunately, the promises in the treaty were not kept and an unequal balance of power developed between the two treaty partners.
Problems - The past and present.
Problems - The past and present.
The Treaty was written and translated very quickly. It was not translated correctly which led to many mis-understandings between the two groups.
Māori thought they would maintain power over their own people but that did not happen because the Crown (British Queen Victoria) took the power.
The treaty did not stop the fighting, there were many wars between the Crown and the Māori over land after the treaty was signed, 'The New Zealand Land Wars' and the intertribal 'Musket Wars'.
Land was taken away from Māori to punish them for protesting against the Crown. Māori were protesting against the Crown for not keeping the promises made in the treaty.
Māori language and values were not protected the Māori way of life began to disappear.
Generations of Māori and Pākehā, were and still are, impacted by the events of the past.
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