Permanent European Settlers : The Treaty Of Waitangi

12th March 1915: The day hadn’t started out differently to any other day. I had just been out to milk the cows and feed the calves. As I was walking back to the farmhouse for breakfast, I met Dad, who had come back from the markets. He stopped the truck beside me and wouldn’t look me straight in the eye. That was when I knew there was something wrong. He wordlessly passed a brown envelope out of the truck window. “GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND” was emblazoned in bold red print across the front. My heart lurched, constricting my throat. As I opened it, my worst fear was confirmed. In small lettering it announced, “Mr Michael Jones, we need you to protect our country.”

In Australia, the indigenous people who lived there before Europeans arrived in the 1700s are referred to as Aborigines (Bradshaw, 2012). Once the Europeans came, there was a cultural shift as the British decided to colonize the country. It is believed that the indigenous people of New Zealand were the Moriori, which were later drove out by the Maoris around 800 AD (2012). A similar process of British colonization occurred in New Zealand about 150 years after the British had landed and colonized in Australia.

Responding to pressure from Māori leaders in 1975, the Labor Government passed the Treaty of Waitangi Act, which was the first recognition of the Treaty under New Zealand Law. The Act established the Waitangi Tribunal, an arbitrative body designed to settle claims of breaches of the Treaty (Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975). The passing of the Treaty of Waitangi Act marked the beginning of a paradigm shift in New Zealand politics, which resulted in a policy ethos and reform agenda that elevated and respected Māori people. A decade later, the Tribunal was given the power to investigate claims dating back to 1840 (May, Waho, and Matamua, 2015). Through the creation and expansion of the Waitangi Tribunal, New Zealand embraced its history and atoned for it, and by primarily relying on an impartial adjudicator, New Zealand avoided the politicisation of reconciliation. In Australia, progress in Indigenous affairs has been stalled by politicisation, leading to a climate where only the most palatable reform agenda can

In the short story "Ancestry" by Albert Wendt an old man comes across many cultural conlficts. These include the celebration of ANZAC day, the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and the use of the Samoan language in an English language orientated country. As I read the story I began to grow a sense of understanding of how others may feel about cultural differences. For example when Amataga spoke English to his grandad, Regina reminded him to speak Samoan as to which Amataga replied "I wanna speak palagi today. " This shows that Amataga's mother Regina wanted him to learn the language of their people.

Did the Enlightenment lead to the New Zealand Wars - Maori felling like second class citizens? Like the American and French Revolutions? They were being treated badly by the Settlers, and being education about Europe and the European history helped them to realise this?

The Maori tribe arrived in New Zealand during the 13th century. Upon their arrival, the Maori people came across a land quite different from what they originally had been accustomed, learning to adapt to the new climate and the hunt for land mammals is how the tribe survive for years. The Maori people are recognized for their tribe proud spirit, great navigating skills using starts and oceans, and a sense of history that isolates them from every other tribe.

The Australian continent, prior to the arrival of the first settlers, was regarded as terra nullius or “nobody’s land.” Acting on this false notion, British and other European settlers began arriving on the shores of the continent in the late 18th century. In a systematic process of expansion and conquest, the Indigenous populations were unilaterally subjected to the superior power and influence of the colonial settler society. The relations that existed between colonizer and colonized were characterized by violence, oppression, dispossession and domination. The justification for these injustices inflicted on the original inhabitants, were rooted in race based evolutionary theories that situated white Anglo-Europeans at the apex of the

This paper examines migration and asylum law and practice through the eyes of the Magna Carta. It considers whether New Zealand currently fulfils the legacy of the Magna Carta and highlights areas where change may be required.

The islands were first recorded by a western explorer in 1643 when Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman visited northeastern Fiji. European trade came heavily to Fiji in the early nineteenth century. There was extensive trade in Fijian produced sandalwood and beche-de-mer for many European tools including muskets. This led to the establishment of the first European settlement, Levuka, in 1822. Missionaries first came to Fiji in 1830 from the London Missionary Society via Tonga. They were followed by Tongan Prince Enele Ma'afu supported Methodist missionaries in 1835.

If only the two sides were able to respect and understand each other’s perspectives, the bloodshed could have not happened. The Maori and the British possessed different cultural understandings of land ownership and different vocabularies; awareness of these differences could have brought about huge advantages. Even if they were aware of these differences in perspectives, it is painfully clear that the colonists and the authorities did not seriously consider the perspectives of the Maori, or indeed even view them as legitimate; their only purpose was acquiring the land, and whatever consequences and confusions these deals could cause for the Maori were the least of their concerns. At the root of the problem lies a complete disregard for different perspectives and ways of understanding; indeed, colonialism roots from the arbitrary idea of cultural superiority, and in this case it was no different. The indigenous culture and rights of the Maori were not respected, and conversations did not produce effective results. This particular event, and historical injustices in general, remind us again and again that perspectives are at the roots of conflicts, and that only by viewing different opinions as equally legitimate can serious problems be solved. Today, New Zealand has an officially sponsored Maori Television Service, providing a different

Between 1828 and 1840 New Zealand was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of New South Wales.

The arrival of the Europeans caused many changes to the Māori society between 1642 and prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Europeans brought with them many things to trade; however, they contributed to fatal impact in New Zealand as they brought with them weapons which killed a lot of people and enslaved many more as more and more Māori competed for weapons. By 1830 the Māori had learnt a lot about the world. They had learnt the skills of trade with Europeans and the Māori had missionaries that taught them how to read, write and communicate with the outside world. New Zealand was no longer an unknown and isolated land

The Maori, “Children of Heaven”, are the indigenous people of New Zealand. It has been thought that Polynesian navigator Kupe, discovered New Zealand in 950 AD, and named the island Aotearoa, “Land of the long white cloud”.1 The Maori migrated to New Zealand from the tropical islands of

New Zealand is one of the countries in the world that has unwritten consititution and it is vital because it is the base of a government on how to govern a country based on it. Having a written constitution in New Zealand will give New Zealanders more access about certain documents on the consitution itself. On the other hand, if New Zealand continuously having an unwritten constitution, the citizen may not have knowledge on it due to limited access on it. This essay will clarify on constitution and what is a written constitution. This essay also covers the need to include the Constitution Act 1986, the Public Finance Act 1989 and the Arms Act 1983 and removing the Public Sector Act 1988 from it.

New Zealand 's constitution is very unique and is the base of our legal system. The constitution is unwritten allowing a variety of elements that make up our constitution some are; constitution conventions and statutes. New Zealand 's constitution structure is separated into three branches; the legislature, judiciary and the executive . The executive is the decision making branch, it is believed that the executive is where the real power of parliamentary supremacy lies, as the decisions they make influence the process of legislation . Throughout this essay I will emphasise how statutes are more important and effective in contrast to constitution conventions.