This document provides an overview of Maori civilization in New Zealand, including their history, adaptations to European settlement, traditions, and modern culture. It discusses how Maori arrived in New Zealand, key events like the Treaty of Waitangi, and how Maori had to change aspects of their lifestyle and culture to integrate with European ways of life, such as adopting Christianity, Western education, and new technologies. The document also examines traditional Maori schooling, their dependence on natural resources when first settling New Zealand, and how Maori culture is both preserved and evolved today.

1. Past and present
civilisations are linked
in many ways-------- An
inquiry into Maori
civilisations in NZ.

2. • History of Maoris in NZ
• Event and effects of the Treaty of Waitangi
• Maori Adaptations
• 1. How did Maori have to adapt to European ways?
• 2. Do you think it was fair?
• 3. What was Maori schooling like before Europeans came?
• 4. When Maoris first came to NZ, what did they depend on fo
• Maori lifestyles
• What about today
• Bibliography
• Feedback and feed forward
Catalog

3. History of Maori in NZ
Year Event
800~1000 Maoris started arriving in NZ by boat
1768 British flag flies for first time in NZ
1800 Europeans arrived in NZ by ship
1840 The Treaty of Waitangi got signed
1840 NZ officially becomes British colony
1845 Land war between the Maoris and Europeans
1858 Poyayau Te Wherowhero became the first Maori King
1863 Maori force defeated at Koheroa
1868 First three Maori MPs elected to parliament
1890 First Labour Day celebrations
1966 Coronation of first Maori Queen
1972 Aotearoa Traditional Performing Arts Festival started
1987 Maori becomes official language

4. Of the two
cultures, there was a
strong relationship
between them.
There was peace
in NZ between the
Europeans and Maori.
There is no more war
and agreements.
Waitangi's
agreement formed a
government between
the two cultures,
this helped trading
and the use of land
in NZ.
Prevent the sale of
Māori land to anyone
other than the Crown
Intended to protect
Māori from the kinds of
shady land purchases
which had alienated
indigenous people in other
parts of the world.
The treaty was never ratified by
Britain and carried no legal force in New
Zealand for over a century

5. How did Maori have to adapt to
Europeans ways?
• They started talking and agreeing on things
• They live in whares not that much
• There have furniture in houses
• They have clothes for small children is well
• They started to eat meat
• They started to use electricity to cook their food
• They wear cotton clothes
• They started to learn how to read
• They started modern life
• Maori children began attending European-style schools
• Many Maori parents encouraged their children to learn
English instead of Maori to help their children succeed in
NZ society
• Changed their religion from their traditional religion to
Christianity

6. Do you think it is fair?
• YES!!!
• They improved their lifestyles
• They shared their cultures
• They shared their land to help farming
and agriculture
• To work together as a country
• Start a modern life
• It helps children to learn English and
study about Europeans

7. What was Maori schooling like
before the Europeans came?
• Each village had a ' house of learning'
( Whare wanaga )
• A tohunga ( Chief or educator taught them
• Got taught about tribal traditions and histoy
• Only taught those that were recoginised by
the hapu or iwas as having particular
attrubutes.
• All children got taught the basics
• Their peers, siblings, parents and elder.
• Learnt by watching, listening, copying and
practicing

8. When the Maori first came to NZ,
what did they depend on for
living?
• Came from Polynesian lands
• Depended on crops
• Used natural resources
• Used anything that they could find on
the island
• Hunted wild animals occasionally
• Seafood
• Trees and bushes for clothes
• Dead animals (their skin and feathers)

9. Maori lifestyle

10. What about today?
• Learn about NZ’s history
• Get an understanding about our past
cultures
• Know how NZ is how it is now
• The Treaty of Waitangi gives peace in NZ
• We can work together as a country
• We can be a educated country teach
people about the importance of our
history

11. Bibliography
• Books
• The Maori by Pamela Odijk, published in 1898 by the Macmillan company of Australia
PTY LTD
• Te Ao o Te Maori by Ruth Naumann and Frank Winiata, published in 1990 by New
House Publisher
• The Maori by Steve Theunissen, published in 2003 by Times Media Private Limited
• How the Maoris lived by A.W.REED, published by Dai NIPPON PRINTING Co LTD
• The treaty, published in 2003 by Scholastic NZ limited
• Before the T.o.W. by A.W.REED, published in 1971 by Literary Productions LTD
• The world of the Maori by D.M.Stafford, published in 1996 by Reed Publishing Ltd
• The Maoris, before the Europeans came to NZ by Kevin Boon, published in 1998 by
Waiatarua Publishing
• Websites
• http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/
• People
• Judith Moore

12. Feedback and feed forward
• Mrs Fletcher: I love the background, you have really
captured the essence of Maori in New Zealand.
• You need to research more about the treaty of
Waitangi, as it was not only to stop wars in New
Zealand, there are still many conflict surrounding the
issue. You will have to read into it a bit further. Also
some of your slide (work) transitions are too fast and
all over the place that i can't make sense of what is
happening. Maori have a very important place in the
history of New Zealand, you need to make sure you
present this along with your inquiry.