Question

Using complete sentences, discuss at least two ways in which the Treaty of Waitangi impacted relations between the Maori and the Pakeha.

Answer 1

The Treaty of Waitangi established distrust between the Maori and Pakeha (or those of European descent). The treaty called for the Maori to give up control of their lands in return for the rights to property ownership and those of a British subject. However, the treaty had two versions, one in English and one in Maori, and there were discrepancies between the two. In the different translations, some words lost their meanings, and the Maori did not fully understand that they had signed over their land. Also, Maori were organized into different tribes, and no one leader spoke for all of the Maori. However, all Maori were affected by the treaty, whether their leader had signed it or not.

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Answer 2

Māori people's complete authority over their own tribal areas lead to the destroyed quality of relations with the Pakeha.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The treaty of Waitangi was signed on Feb 1840 by the representative of the Maori chiefs and the British in the north island of New Zealand. This agreement gave Maori their ownership of land, forest and gave them the rights of British subjects.

• The Pākehā were the first European settlers that arrived in New Zealand most were missionaries, traders and did not have intentions to stay permanently.

• Most of them were kept as slaves by the Maori people as they were less in number. They were denied country resources and often encounters were not friendly.