The document summarizes the history of Maori in New Zealand from their arrival in 900 CE until modern times. It describes key events such as European contact in 1642, the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and wars between Maori and Europeans from 1845-1872. It also discusses how Maori adapted to European settlement by adopting new technologies, religions, and lifestyles. Today, the events of the past continue to influence issues like land ownership disputes and government laws.

1. By Bradley and Liam

2. History of Maori in New Zealand
900 NZ discovered by Polynesians
1350 Maori Culture made, also Rangitoto explodes
1642Abel Tasman finds NZ and has a violent encounter.
Around 1770 James cook sees NZ and makes the first European
observation of Maori
1773 Potatoes and farm animals introduced to NZ
1800 Europeans trade guns to Maori
1820 First Missionaries arrive in NZ
1835 NZ becomes an independent country signed by 34 chiefs
1840 The treaty of Waitangi is signed
1845-1872 War between Europeans and Maori

3. Cause and effect
Cause: fighting
Land
selling/trading
Protection
Without the treaty
authority for
Europeans to live in
NZ
Stopped wars
between Maori
tribes
Bought peace to
Maori and
Europeans
Control over
where
immigrants
settled
Proper
control of
trade
Control of land
sales

5. How did Maori have to adapt to
European lifestyles
• When traders and Missionaries came lifestyles
in some area changed and never went back.
• A lot of Maori live in cities and towns
• One of the most traded thing was muskets
• Having European technology like gardening
tools, animals etc.
• Having their own religion to becoming a
Christian

6. Do you think it was fair?
• Yes
• They agreed with the treaty of Waitangi
• They were the ones who wanted the
resources and technology
• They got a lot of benefits out of it

7. What did Maori and European share or
trade between each other
• Europeans traded muskets to Maori
• Maori gave Europeans land
• Europeans gave potatoes and farm animals
• The Maori shared the whole of NZ by signing
the Treaty
• Europeans gave out books and educated the
Maori

8. How did Europeans know to come to
New Zealand
• They sent people back to the United Kingdom
• Scattered posters throughout the United
Kingdom for people to come to New Zealand

9. How did Maori know English and vice
versa?
• A written form of Maori was created by
English missionaries. ( with help of Maori)
• Missionaries teaching Maori to read and write
in English and Maori. ( if couldn’t understand
written form)

10. What about today?
How do the past events effect our lives today?
• We live in peace. (with laws made to protect the
society)
• Land ownership still being argued over.
• British can live in New Zealand peacefully and
immigrate
• No more wars ( Maori vs. European, also between
the Maori tribes)
• We have a government in place with laws
• We have local councils for different places around NZ

11. Bibliography
• Websites:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/life-style/4004019/Maori-adapt-to-change
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/New_Zealand_History/Maori_Lifestyle
• file:///F:/waitangi%20immigration.htm
• Books:
• The treaty of Waitangi New Zealand 1990
• The Maori Pamela Odijk published by
Macmillian Australia