Pre-Colonial
The Māori term for indigenous people or people of the land.
What is tangata whenua?
The empire which colonised Aotearoa.
What is the British Empire?
The first European explorer to come to Aotearoa.
What is Abel Tasman?
The weapon introduced by Europeans.
What is a musket?
The first rangatira to sign Te Tiriti.
What is Hone Heke?
The local iwi in this area, mana whenua.
What is Ngāti Toa?
The group of islands where Polynesians migrated from.
What is Hawaiki?
A group of countries or territories ruled by one single ruler or state.
What is an empire?
The name of James Cook's ship.
What is the Endeavour?
A person sent to promote religion in a foreign country.
What is a missionary?
The missionary who translated the Treaty.
What is Henry Williams?
The process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture.
What is assimilation?
The Māori word for village/settlement.
What is kainga OR pā?
The term used for a leader who is a King or Queen.
What is a monarch?
The navigator who helped James Cook to discover and travel Aotearoa.
What is Tupaia?
The Company that brought European settlers to Aotearoa.
What is the New Zealand Company?
The date and year in which Te Tiriti was signed.
What is 6 February 1840?
This was set up to investigate Crown breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and arrange settlements.
What is the Waitangi Tribunal?
The approximate dates when Polynesians arrived in Aotearoa.
What is 1250-1300AD?
The legal framework that allowed monarchies to conquer and claim lands, convert indigenous people to Christianity and kill the native inhabitants of new lands.
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
The location where Cook first landed and his men killed Te Maro.
What is Gisbourne/Tūranganui-a-Kiwa?
The township where lawlessness and violence was common due to the arrival of Europeans
What is Kororareka?
What is sovereignty?
This law meant that land could be confiscated from and Māori whom the Crown decided had been in “rebellion” against the authority of the Queen.
What is the New Zealand Settlements Act?
What is Ranganui and Papatūānuku?
A period in European history, during which Europeans explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.
What is the Age of Exploration?
The location of Tasman's encouter with Māori.
What is Golden Bay/Mohua?
The man sent to address lawlessness in Kororareka. Also known as the Man-o-war without guns.
What is James Busby?
The fourth article of the treaty verbally promised this.
What is religious freedom?
Raupatu is the Māori word for this impact of colonisation.
What is land confiscations?