27. James Cook & Joseph Banks Wellington High School History Department Cook in classic pose while Banks models the Maori cloak and other memorabilia mentioned in “Two Worlds”. Perhaps good taste didn’t allow for the Human Head he purchased in Queen Charlotte Sound.
39. Wellington High School History Department Dusky Cove Sealing 1792-1812 Some trading for Muskets here gave Ngai Tahu the ability to fight back against Ngati Toa in the 1830’s. Seals were uneconomic by 1812 although it had a brief revival in the 1820’s . A few Sealers settled in the south, traded with Maori, and purchased land..
79. 1814 - Marsden's Arrival “ As he stepped ashore, a weird scene was enacted. On the hill opposite the landing place a band of naked warriors, armed with clubs and spears, occupied a commanding position. After a pause a native advanced flourishing a red mat and crying, "Haromai!" ("Come hither!") The warriors then advanced. Some of them wore necklaces made of the teeth of their slaughtered foes, while others were adorned with strings of money they had plundered from foreigners they had murdered on that very beach. Seizing their spears they brandished them, screaming and yelling with savage fury. Every face was fiercely distorted and every limb employed in the wildest gesticulation. This was their war-dance. But their chiefs declared that it meant a welcome to one they considered a friend and a wonder-worker. This latter impression arose in part from the fact that they had never seen a horse; accordingly, when Marsden brought a horse from the ship, mounted and rode it, the people's amazement knew no bounds.” Marsden arrives in the Bay of Islands
82. Waikato, Hongi and Kendall Wellington High School History Department Kendall helped Marsden set up the Mission Station in the Bay of Islands . He was responsible for the first school which opened in 1816 and for the earliest attempts at turning the Maori language into a written language. In 1820 he travelled to England with the Chiefs Waikato and Hongi. He later left the mission after allegations of Adultery with a former student. On his return to New Zealand Hongi would lead the Nga Puhi in a war of conquest on the tribes south of the Bay of Islands, sparking the Musket Wars.
143. Kawanatanga means… Wellington High School History Department Tamati Waka Nene William Williams was a better speaker of te Reo but was away on business. Henry Williams had trouble with some terms. One word Williams appears to have created was Kawanatanga. This term is used in the Maori draft in the first Article. Kawanatanga meaning Governorship was used in the Maori version but the Chiefs would have had little understanding of its meaning. It meant control NOT ownership. Thus they had little idea of what they were being asked to give up. Look up the words Sovereign and Governor in the dictionary – what do they mean? How do they differ?
144. Rangatiratanga means… Wellington High School History Department In the second article the Crown promises the Chiefs full chieftainship (Rangatiratanga) over their villages and lands. There is no exact Maori translation of the word Sovereignty. The most appropriate term would have been ‘Mana’ but the chiefs would never have agreed to give this up. Pre-emption - The Crown will also be able to buy land which is offered to them for sale, at an agreed price. Whether Maori could later offer the land to other buyers was unclear. For an interesting view on the language in the Treaty read the article by Bruce Biggs “Humpty Dumpty and the Treaty” in the Reading Extension.
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149. Fitzroy and the 1843 Wairau Incident Wellington High School History Department When pressure from the ever increasing number of Settlers proved too much, the settlers at Nelson took charge. Claiming the nearby fertile Wairau valley they began to survey it. Te Rauparaha travelled south to support his kin who objected. Ngati Toa burnt the huts and uprooted their surveying stakes. A warrant was issued for Te Rauparaha’s arrest and a ship was dispatched with a ‘posse’ to arrest Te Rauparaha. In the fight which followed 22 Europeans died. 17 were executed in utu. Fitroy’s response, outraged Europeans – he laid the blame for the deaths (they called it a massacre) at their door and he refused to punish the Maori for protecting their own property.
207. Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao The wars of the 1860s in Taranaki and Waikato and the government's subsequent confiscation of Maori land saw Tawhiao and his people rendered virtually landless and forced to retreat as wandering refugees into the heartland of Ngati Maniapoto, now known as the King Country. As a result of the invasion of Waikato by British forces in 1863 on the pretext that the Waikato tribes were preparing to attack Auckland, Tawhiao and his people lost over a million acres to the settler government and subsequently to the settlers themselves.
208. Waikato War 3 Wellington High School History Department
This was painted by Goldie and is based on the original ‘Medusa’ painting. It shows Maori barely managing to reach NZ. There impression is that getting here was accidental and undermines their abilities…. Why?
The generalised route taken, starting somewhere near Taiwan and through the Asian archipalegoes into Melanesia and finally into Polynesia.