What was the name of the super-continent that New Zealand was part of 85 million years ago?
a) Laurasia
b) Panacea
c) Gondwanaland
d) Thriftshop
c) Gondwanaland
100
What was the name of the first European to discover New Zealand in 1642?
a) James Belich
b) James Cook
c) Michael King
d) Abel Tasman
d) Abel Tasman
100
When was the Treaty first signed?
6 February, 1840.
100
What was the main cause of conflict between Māori and Pākeha after the 1840.
Disputes over land.
100
What was the name of the Waikato-based movement to unite Māori.
The Kingitanga or king movement.
200
When Māori colonised New Zealand between 1200 and 1300 CE, they brought a "pacific toolkit" of plants and animals. Name two things from this "toolkit".
Any two of Taro, Kumera, Yams, Dogs.
200
What European item did Māori most want to get a hold of?
Muskets
200
What was the other nation that the British were concerned would colonise New Zealand?
France
200
What did Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata do when they traveled to Wairau to support Te Puaha?
Ejected the settlers from Wairau and burned down the hut they had built on the land.
200
Why did Tamihana Te Rauparaha believe that a Māori king movement would benefit Māori?
He thought it would promote Māori unity and that Māori would be stronger if united and better able to resist land sales.
300
What allowed the Māori population to grow very quickly after first arriving in New Zealand?
Abundant protein in the form of moa and kaimoana. Māori populations quickly swelled because of easily accessible protein.
300
The first Europeans who regularly visited New Zealand were interested in harvesting resources. Name two of these resources.
Whales, Seals, Timber, Flax.
300
What reasons did Hobson give to Māori for the Crown wanting to sign the treaty?
To create a Governor to control the lawless European population. To protect Māori from other European powers. To control land sales.
300
What did Wiremu Kingi and Te Teira disagree about? What happened because of this?
They disagreed about selling Waitara. Te Teira wanted to sell, but Wiremu Kingi (the paramount chief) did not. This ended up in a civil war between Te Atiawa.
300
What action did Potātau Te Wherowhero take to show the Colonial Government that he wanted Māori independence?
He declared a large land area in the Waikato as protected. He set an autaki (boundary which must not be crossed) at Maungatautari. No land was to be sold in this area.
400
What are the unique features of New Zealand's native plant and animal life? What caused this?
The plant life offered no staple crops. Animals had not developed defenses because there were no indigenous land-based predators. There were no land mammals. This situation occurred because of millions of years in isolation from other land masses.
400
How and why did Nga Puhi leader Hongi Hika gain power in the 1820s?
Nga Puhi was based in the Bay of Islands and so had lots of early contact with Europeans at Kororāreka. This meant access to muskets. Hongi Hika also befriended Thomas Kendall and visited Queen Victoria. He used ties with Europeans to get muskets and raided other iwi. He captured slaves and used them to grow potatoes which he traded for more muskets.
400
What was the major difference between the English and Māori language versions of the Treaty of Waitangi?
The English version gave the Crown sovereignty over New Zealand. Sovereignty means absolute power. In the Māori language version the word used in place of sovereignty is Kawanatanga which means Governorship. This meant that Māori thought they were granting the Crown the right to govern European settlers rather than giving away absolute power.
400
What did the Colonial Government do to punish Māori after the Waikato war of 1863-64?
Rāupatu or land confiscation. They confiscated land to punish Māori for fighting against the Crown. They said that Māori had sacrificed the right to maintain possession of their land by fighting against colonial forces.
400
Why did George Grey see the Kingitanga movement as a threat? What did he do about it?
Grey saw the Kingitanga movement as a threat because it represented Māori unity. He wanted the Colonial Government to be the ruling authority. He also saw the Kingitanga movement as preventing settler expansion in the fertile areas of Waikato. He built up an army and invaded the area controlled by the Kingites.
500
What happened in the 1600s-1700s to create a change in Māori society? Describe that change.
There was a global cooling period, which meant that crops did not grow as well. Māori had also killed off the moa population. There is evidence of Māori society becoming more warlike and more stratified. Skeletons show teeth worn down from eating fern roots. Starvation appears to be the main cause of death.
500
Why was Kororāreka labelled the "hell-hole of the pacific" by missionaries and visiting European and American officials?
Because of prostitution, gambling and alcohol and because of the lawlessness of the European population. Kororāreka was perceived as a wild frontier.
500
What did the "pre-emption" clause allow the Crown? Why might the British have wanted this?
The pre-emption clause allowed the Crown the sole right to purchase land from Māori. This was desirable to control land sales and to make sure the Crown profited from land sales.
500
Why did Gore Brown accept Te Teira's offer of sale even though he knew it was illegitimate?
Because he wanted the land and because he wanted to make an example of iwi who might refuse land sales. He was willing to create conflict with Wiremu Kingi and accepted the land sale expecting that conflict.
500
Why did Rewi Maniapoto think that it was important for Kingitanga forces to support Wiremu Kingi when Te Atiawa were being attacked in Taranaki?
Because he thought that if colonial forces were able to wage an unjust war against iwi in Taranaki, then they would likely attack Waikato next. He saw it as important to resist the illegitimate acquisition of land by the Crown in order to promote Māori unity.