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WALT: understand the events that led to the creation and signing of the treaty.
Purpose: you will be able to explain why Maori and Pakeha wanted a treaty. This will help you to understand the importance of te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Use this cloze activity to summarise the events leading to the creation of te Tiriti o Waitangi. You will be summarising the effect of the French, whalers, and the trading partnership between Maori and Pakeha.
This week Room 2 literacy class have been learning about what had happened before the treaty signing. Some of the key words were : Sailors, Traders, Whalers, Missionaries, Maori, Pakeha, British, Annex, French and lawlessness.
| The French
The French wanted annex to New Zealand, but Maori wanted to keep control over their country. Maori chiefs wrote to the King to ask for a, friend , guardian and protector.
King friend guardian chiefs French annex protector control |
| The whalers
When the whalers came to New Zealand, they brought fighting and lawlessness . Kororareka (the main port of New Zealand) became known as the hell-hole of the pacific. Because of this, Maori and Missionaries became concerned and wanted a treaty .
fighting hell-hole treaty whalers concerned lawlessness pacific |
| Trading Partnerships
Pakeha and Maori were trading together. Maori were trading timber for ships , and also flax to make rope for ships. Maori were also trading a lot of pork and potatoes to whalers and sailors to eat. Things were positive so Maori and Pakeha wanted to protect their business.
Pakeha potatoes positive trading Maori pork protect timber rope |
