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.
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The Maori people inhabited New Zealand for nearly 1000 years.docxcherry686017
The Maori people inhabited New Zealand for nearly 1000 years before the first European explorer to the island nation, the Dutchman Abel Tasman, sailed up the west coast and named it Niuew Zeeland, after the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. Maori culture has always been an integral part of New Zealand, and an understanding of the Maori’s vividly chronicled history is critical to an understanding of New Zealand today.
The original inhabitants of New Zealand were Polynesians who arrived by canoe in a series of migrations. Among these were the Moriori, or moa hunters, early ancestors of the Maori, who arrived in a later migration. Historians estimate the first Polynesians arrived over 1000 years ago, possibly as early as 800 AD. Whether the islands were discovered by accident or design is uncertain, but the original peoples found a plentiful food supply and larger, more varied islands than anywhere else in the Pacific. They named the islands Aotearoa, or the land of the long white cloud.
In the early “Archaic” period of Polynesian settlement, inhabitants depended on the plentiful sea life and the large and spectacular moa, a flightless bird, now extinct, for their food supply. Later, in the “Classic Maori” period, agriculture became increasingly important, with kumara (sweet potato), taro, and yams the most important crops. Maori civilization was centered on the warmer North Island, with expeditions mounted to the South Island to search for jade
Maori societies were hierarchical, and revolved around the iwi (tribe) or hapu (sub-tribe). The hapu were further divided into whanau (extended family groups) that joined with each other to form communal villages. Positions of leadership were largely hereditary, and local chiefs of the whanau were under the authority of the ariki, the supreme chief of the entire tribe.
Maori religion was complex. Ancestor worship was important, and a variety of gods representing the sky, sea, mountains, war, agriculture, and so forth, were prominent. The notions of mauri (life force), wairua (spirit), mana (spiritual power or prestige), and tapu (taboo) were important. War, which had its own sacrifices, worship, rituals, and dance and art forms, was one of the ways to best promote the mana of a tribe. Wars were waged over territory or other things, with the losers often becoming slaves or food.
In 1642 the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sailed up the west coast of New Zealand, but did not linger after his only landing attempt resulted in several of his crew being killed and eaten. New Zealand was left alone until Captain James Cook sailed around it in the Endeavor in 1796. Cook circumnavigated New Zealand on three separate voyages, making friendly contact with the Maori. After determining that New Zealand was not the fabled large southern continent Europeans were certain existed, Cook claimed it for the British Crown and sailed on to Australia.
It was not until the early 19th century that missionaries and other ...
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
4.
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