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Thursday, June 4, 2020

Early Encounters in Aotearoa

Early Encounters in Aotearoa

Who was the first European explorer to arrive in Aotearoa?
Abel Tasman the Dutch explorer

What year did he arrive?
1642

What name did he give the land?

Who was the next explorer to arrive in Aotearoa?
Captain James Cook

What year did he arrive?
1769

What was the name of the chief navigator helping the explorers?
Tupaia 

What did the Europeans bring to Aotearoa?
Potatoes, cloth, nails, muskets 

What is a musket?
Gun

What year did the musket wars end?
1842

What was the ratio of Māori to Pakeha in Aotearoa in 1840? 40 Māori : 1 Pakeha

Write any other notes below?


Tangata Whenua questions:

Use the questions below to help guide your note-taking. You need to identify the key points from the
video and write your own notes. You can rewatch the video if you need to.

Your notes will be used to help you write a summary of the video.

  1. Where did the Māori people arrive from?
Tahiti

  1. How did they arrive in NZ?
WIth The Wakas

  1. What did they bring to NZ?
Food and Weapons 

  1. How did they get food?
They fished and killed birds. They planted kumara.

  1. Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people
The Moriori people were maori people living in New Zealand in the 1500s.
The Moriori people went to live on the Chatham Islands.
They were killed and their land got taken off them. 



  1. How did they prove that Māori and Moriori descended from the same people?
Evidence supporting this theory comes from the characteristics that the Moriori language has
in common
with the dialect of Māori spoken by the Ngāi Tahu tribe of the South Island, A and comparisons of the
genealogies of Moriori hokopapa and Māori whakapapa


  1. Explain how the Moa came to be extinct
They got killed and eaten by the Maori.


  1. Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did?
The abundance of food and fresh fish and water.


  1. In your word bank, write the meaning of whānau, hapū and iwi
Family, Sub-tribe and main tribe 

  1. Explain the role of the rangatira - list at least 5 roles
Chief of an iwi 
They protect their people 
They make leadership decisions 
They have to have vision 
They have to have integrity
They have to set high standards 

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