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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

Niue Response to text

Niue – Questions

Use this article here to help answer the questions below, highlight the answer. 

 

1) This week it is _____ language week.

  1. a) Samoan b) Tongan
  2. c) Fijian d) Niuean

 

2) What is Niue often referred to as?

  1. a) The sun spot of Polynesia b) The Rock of Polynesia
  2. c) The tiny island nation d) The heart of the Pacific

 

3) Who was the first European settler to sight Niue?

  1. a) Captain James Cook b) Captain Jack Sparrow
  2. c) Captain James Busby c) Captain Hook
  3. i) When did he sight Niue?

→ Captain James Cook sighted Niue but was refused landing by the locals on                   three different attempts.

4) How many attempts did Captain Cook make to land in Niue? 

  1. a) Three b) Two
  2. c) None d) One
  3. i) Why do you think the people of Niue refused to let him set foot on shore?

→ Captain James Cook was the first European to sight the island, but he was unable to land there due to fierce opposition by the local population

5) What is the population of Niue

  1. a) 1,200 b) 16,00
  2. c) 1,600 d) 500

 

6) Why are the people of Niue considered to be New Zealand citizens?

→ because there wasn’t that much room on their island

 

7) There are more Niuean people living in Niue than anywhere else in the world?

  1. a) True b) False

 

8) Find one interesting fact about Niue and write it here:

  →It is one of the least visited countries in the world.

black ferns game

On Saturday my mum, my dad and I went to the black ferns game.

First we had to take a train from G.I to Britomart and one more train to kingland.

then we went into Eden park and then went to our seat and we watched the game

After the game we walked over to the train and everybody just started singing and all the people on the train were smiling.