Why was a Treaty needed in New Zealand?

Why was a Treaty needed in New Zealand?

In 1830 there were 100,000 Māori and 100 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behaviour of the Whalers, the Missionaries’ desire to help protect Māori rights and the Musket Wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The Declaration of Independence was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.

One reason that a treaty was needed was to help control the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like whalers. This is important as the local people and Maori were upset with what was happening in Kororareka. This drunken behaviour when coming back to the shore caused many whalers to have fought in and between missionaries and Maori.  Also when coming back to shore from being at sea for 3 months many sailors got Maori women to be prostitutes. This caused diseases to be very prominent and this affected many Missionaries and Maori views of the whalers. But a treaty would hopefully be able to resolve these issues. 

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. They were worried that the Maori were losing their rights to the land and that they saw that much of the Maori land was being sold to the British monarchy for not that much. 

Lots of land was being sold for muskets and food during the musket wars;  they felt that the land should have been sold for a fairer price. Along with this many Maori men and women were being treated unfairly. 

Therefore the Missionaries thought that the rights of the Maori needed to be protected. 

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. These musket wars were devastating to the Maori population and it was estimated that in total they killed 20,000 Maori. Along with many being killed many more were enslaved. Also, Maori tribal borders changed rapidly and caused lots of conflict between the various tribes especially the tribes that had access to the muskets from early on in the war. The impact of this was that many Maori were killed or were enslaved. This caused many missionaries to regret selling the Maori muskets. Also, Maori had to sell much of their stuff to get muskets, especially the smaller tribes that hadn’t yet been able to buy muskets. So must missionaries thought that a treaty would improve the situation. 

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence.

Was the declaration of independence needed? Interestingly, the declaration of independence was needed so that the British Monarchy would be able to protect the Maori from the French and other nations that were trying to overtake the Maori land and culture but particularly it was needed for trade between the Maori and British. It also needed to be signed because missionaries were worried as New Zealand was becoming the “hell hole of the Pacific” and this plus many other things contributed to the signing of the treaty. The impact of this is that the Maori were more likely to sign the treaty. And that the fighting, prostitution and the spread of disease would stop.

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because it would hopefully help the Maori and missionaries live and work in New Zealand. It would also allow New Zealand to trade more legitimately and legally. Along with this, the British monarchy would be able to protect the Maori and their land with the signing of the treaty and allow them to more easily govern the missionaries and sailors. This was really needed at this time because sailors that were coming back from long excursions and were very rowdy. Due to this, the British monarchy wanted to establish laws and rules to govern the uncontrollable sailers. They also wanted to protect the Maori rights as many had gotten into fights with the sailers; that plus the musket wars soiled the Maori and Missionaries views on the sailer and traders. In future, establishing rules and laws allowed Maori to be able to go get help when things happened. I feel that the treaty was needed to help with trading, and to help with rules and laws that governed  New Zealand but, if it had been instated earlier the musket war may have not killed so many. Although this may have caused tensions between the British and Maori because while the Maori version of the treaty gave Maori rights over the land, the British version gave Queen Victoria sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand. I feel that the signing of the treaty was a solidifying part of New Zealand.

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Maori vs. European population

 

This graph shows us that the Maori population was steadily dropping through the 1840-19880s. And that the European population was growing quickly through this time. 

I think that the reason that the Maori population was dropping through this time was, because of the deaths that the newly introduced, musket caused and sicknesses like influenza that killed many more. And I think that the reason that the European and population was increasing was, that many were learning of the trading that was taking place in New Zealand so many look to go there to obtain land and trading deals. 

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Teaching about the holocausts in school?

 From High School Princible 

Thanks about the inquirys about our learning system and I see your point as the holocaust is not the happiest part of history and social sciences and I understand your concern for your child's learning. But the holocaust is a very important part of world history as it was a part of  World War Two and is a good opportunity to talk about cultures and anti-Semitism and how it can hurt others. it's also a great time to talk about cultural inclusiveness and acceptance of others along with humans rights 

I hope that you understand that teaching about the holocaust is an important part of world history and human rights discussions. 

From High School Principal. 

Kristallnacht, the Night Of Broken Glass

Kristallnacht, the Night Of Broken Glass

 Kristallnacht was also known by the name of the Night Of Broken Glass. It was a planned event that happened on 9/10 November 1938 and this is very important because the German government tried to convince others that this was all because of the jews. This was a planned event and it’s shown in the letter that was sent to all of the personnel that were to enforce these things. In the letter, it entailed the date and time that this would happen and what to and not to do and this was things like all Jewish owned businesses should be burned but with caution to german owned businesses, all men that were healthy and of age were to be arrested,  and those who were more wealthy were to be specially targeted, along with other things that were made to specifically target jews. All of this shows that The Night Of Broken Glass was a planned event. 

Hitler's views on the Jews

 What did Hitler actually say about jews?

Hiter said “bastarding the white race which they hate and thus lowering its cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate.”

As well as, The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end...spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce.....he wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people.

SOST Greenpeace

 Who is Green peace?

Green peace is an activist group that was founded by a group of concerned citizens in 1971 and they have done many things such as bring to attention all the things that we shouldn't be doing like nuclear testing which, in an act of defiance they placed them selfs in harm's way to get them to stop the testing of these weapons. For example, a green peace boat called the rainbow warrior was used in a number of anti-whaling and anti-sealing movements but it was later sunk by the French government because New Zealand was at the time not allowing nuclear ships into its waters and green peace supported this and in retaliation, they sunk the green peace boat The Rainbow Warrior using to explosive charges that where -placed in the hull of the ship by French agents. 

What have they done to make a positive change?

Green peace has done many things around the world for instance in 1972 the U.S.A abandoned the testing of nuclear weapons at Amchitka Island in  Alaska after what green peace showed they'd do to stop this testing. And in 1982 they took action against industrial whaling.

What are they doing to protect the oceans today? 

Today Greenpeace is trying to get the governments of the world to sign that by 2030 30% of the ocean will be protected land and will be protected from destruction by human interference. For instance by mining, waste dumping and fishing.