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Exploring the Pacific

  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.

→Samuel Wallis and his men stayed in

Tahiti for five weeks. During this time,

They got to know Tupaia. When James

Cook’s Endeavour arrived two years

later,

 

  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 help them go the right ways like a comepas 

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
interpreter a person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally or into sign language. So other knows what they saying 
diplomat a person who can deal with others in a sensitive and tactful way. They can tell other to do and other can’t
indigenous  of people inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists. Other people took land first 

 

  1. Explain the four reasons why Hoe were important, and special pieces of technology for Maori.

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Mātauranga Māori will articulate and include both physical and non-physical values such as mahinga kai species, swimmability, sense of place, identity and relationships, and wai tapu and the positive and negative influences of these values

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  1. 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.

→ Although Tupaia was eager to sail west, Cook had other, secret orders from the Admiralty: to search for the anticipated continent of Terra Australis.

Response to text: 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?

 

  1. a) Between 1150 & 1200AD
  2. b) Between 1250 & 1350AD 
  3. c) Between 1250 & 1300AD  
  4. d) Last Year

 

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

 

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

 

  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. 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 believed that the treaty protected their rights recognised their trusteeship of the land and gave them the rights and privileges of British subjects

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

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

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

 

→Set up by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry that makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
colonisation control That the British took control of new new zealand 
treaty contract To stop the war and stop killing 
sovereignty  power The British had power over new zealand 
  1. 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?

 

→One of the favourites is to misquote Governor Hobson’s words, “We are one people” which is not what he said at all. His words in Māori, “He iwi tahi tatou” would better translate as “We are many peoples making one nation

 

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

→ When they translated the Te Tiriti o Waitangi to english it didn’t mean what they wanted it to do.