The Great Fisherman
The explorer who is often credited with discovering Aotearoa for Polynesians
Who is Kupe?
A common item Māori traded with Europeans that came from trees.
What is timber?
The Bay of Plenty is on this island of Aotearoa.
What is the North Island?
The people who signed the Treaty on behalf of Māori.
Who were rangatira (chiefs/leaders)?
Kupe followed this across the ocean to reach new land (a sea creature).
What is a wheke (octopus)?
A very valuable plant Māori traded that could be woven into ropes and sails.
What is harakeke (flax)?
One well-known city in the Bay of Plenty is famous for beaches and the Mount.
What is Tauranga?
The smallest family group, like an extended family.
What is a whānau?
The Māori name meaning “Land of the Long White Cloud.”
What is Aotearoa?
Māori often wanted these from traders because they helped with hunting and fighting.
What are muskets (guns)?
The year the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed.
What happened in 1840?
A group made of many whānau, like a sub-tribe.
What is a hapū?
In many stories, Kupe’s journey began from this place in Polynesia.
What is Hawaiki?
Another traded item Māori wanted that made cutting and building easier.
What are metal tools (like axes, knives)?
The place where the Treaty was first signed.
What is Waitangi?
A larger tribe made of many hapū.
What is an iwi?
The name for the ocean journeys and travel routes used by Polynesian navigators.
What is voyaging/navigation?
A traded item Europeans sometimes exchanged that Māori could wear or use at home.
What are blankets/clothing?
It took ____ months long to collect many signatures around NZ after the first signing.
How long did it take to sign Te Tiriti O Waitangi & the Treaty?
A missionary who helped translate the Treaty into Māori and explained it to chiefs.
Who is Henry Williams?