Sage-Tips

How did the Māori view the early Europeans?

They thought that when Europeans (who were supposedly superior) came into contact with inferior races, those races would die out.

Do Māori and Europeans get along?

However, disputes continue over aspects of the Treaty of Waitangi, including wording differences in the two versions (in English and Māori), as well as misunderstandings of different cultural concepts. Nevertheless, relations between Māori and Europeans during the early colonial period were largely peaceful.

How did European settlement affect Māori culture?

The influx of settlers led to a demand for land, and from the 1840s Māori were under great pressure to sell their ancestral territories. Loss of Māori land – through confiscation following the 1860s wars, Crown purchase and the Native Land Court – led to the displacement of large numbers of Māori.

What is the Māori perspective on land ownership?

Under the second article of the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori were guaranteed ‘the full, exclusive and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates’, and only the Crown could purchase land from them. The Crown set up a land commission to investigate previous land transactions.

What did the Europeans want from the Māori?

Maori and Europeans began to trade with each other from the late eighteenth century. To a large extent, Europeans relied on Maori for food, including fish and vegetables, as well as for fibres such as flax, and for help with building fences and shelters.

What did the European settlers bring to New Zealand?

Early European explorers introduced a wide range of food plants to New Zealand, including wheat, maize, potatoes, cabbage and carrots. An American whaler introduced a variety of kūmara (sweet potato) that was larger than the kūmara Māori previously grew.

What did Europeans do to Maori?

Maori and Europeans began to trade with each other from the late eighteenth century. To a large extent, Europeans relied on Maori for food, including fish and vegetables, as well as for fibres such as flax, and for help with building fences and shelters. At first, Europeans determined what goods they traded with Maori.

What impact did the Europeans have on NZ?

As Europeans settled in New Zealand, they brought more changes to the remaining forests, animal diversity and landscape stability. Along with immigrants came new animals, crop plants, parasites and diseases. The remaining lowland forests and scrubland were burnt, drained, logged and cleared for farms and cropping.

How did land confiscation affect Māori?

The confiscation law targeted Kingitanga Māori against whom the government had waged war to restore the rule of British law. Land not used by for military settlers would be surveyed and laid out as towns and rural allotments and then sold, with the money raised to be used to repay the expenses of fighting Māori.

How do you know if land is Maori land?

What sort of information on a land title might suggest land is Māori owned? Indications of Māori land ownership may include a Māori Land Court status order, historical Māori Land Court vesting orders, Māori block name or possibly a succession of owners with Māori names.

Did Māori fight over land?

Many Taranaki Māori opposed land sales, and fighting began in 1860 over a disputed land purchase at Waitara. The British army and Pākehā settlers fought local Māori until March 1861.