Month: February 2023

Tupiai Response to text

Polynesian Explorers

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

 

  1. When, and where was Tupaia born?

 

  1. a) Around 1825 in Rā‘iātea
  2. b) Around 1725 in New Zealand
  3. c) Around 1825 in New Zealand
  4. d) Around 1725 in Rā‘iātea

 

  1. Rā‘iātea is a part of which larger group of islands? 

 

  1. a) Samoa       b) Tahiti
  2. c) Rapa Nui      d) Micronesia

 

  1. What was the name of the British official sent to secure British rule over NZ?

 

  1. a) William Johnson           b) Abel Tasman
  2. c) William Hobson d) Captain James Cook

 

  1. One day, more people would come – a different kind of people altogether. They would arrive on a canoe with no outrigger and would change everything: “And this land will be taken by them” Vaita said. 

Did this prophecy come true? Explain.

→Yes it’s said in the book On 18 June 1767, a strange vessel was

seen off the coast of Tahiti, where Tupaia now lived.

 

  1. Only about 20 of the painted hoe that were given to Captain Cook in 1769 by Māori survive.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. Describe the role that Tupaia had on board the Endeavour – what did he do on Captain Cook’s ship?

 

→He was the translator for Captain Cook 

 

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8. Explain the four reasons why Hoe were important, and special pieces of technology for Maori.
→ they were important to the Maori culture.
→ They had spiritual importance.
→ They were important in all areas of life.
→ They were extremely well designed.

9. Tupaia (up until recently) and much more Polynesian history remains oral history (that means told by speaking). How can we ensure that this history is available to learn for future generations? Try to come up with at least 2 ways.

→ we can learn from stories in books and not forget our history.

response to text (Treaty of Waitangi)

Treaty of Waitangi
Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. When did Maori first arrive in Aotearoa, New Zealand?

a) Between 1150 & 1200AD
b) Between 1250 & 1350AD
c) Between 1250 & 1300AD
d) Last Year

2. In the 1790’s Pakeha arrived in NZ to do what?

a) Hunt Moa b) Start families
c) Hunt whale & seals d) Escape prison sentences

3. What was the name of the British official sent to secure British rule over NZ?

a) William Johnson b) Abel Tasman
c) William Hobson d) Captain James Cook

4. There were two things that Maori chiefs Hone Heke Pokai and Tamati Waka Nene thought signing the treaty would help accomplish. What were they?

→They wanted control on sales of Māori land to Europeans and on European settlers
→Māori possessions under the crown’s protection, with the exclusive right of the queen to purchase Māori land

5. True or False: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi are the exact same.

a) True b) False

6. The Waitangi Tribunal was set up in 1975. Describe the job the Waitangi Tribunal have?

→Makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.

 

 

7.
WORD
DEFINITION
YOUR OWN SENTENCE

colonisation
The spreading of a species into a new habitat.
The British did a colonisation on NZ

treaty
The formal document embodying such an international agreement.
The Treaty of Waitangi

sovereignty
the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
the quality or state of being sovereign

 

8. When the treaty was signed William Hobson said out loud “He iwi
tahi tātou.” (“We are one people.”)
What do you think he meant by this?

→we are all together and one

 

9. The article describes differences between Te Tiriti and the Treaty of Waitangi – Why do you think those differences caused difficulties?

→ because some stuff could be mixed up and get confused