100,000 - 70,000 was the population of Maori in the late 1830s. The population dropped due to sicknesses during war. One war was so horrible that half the reason why the population was going down. This is how it started.
To make everything more fair for Maori and Pakeha the British sent William Hobson to set up the Treaty of Waitangi. Also to stop some of the fighting that was going on.
The rangatira were very unhappy because the people were being silly by drinking to much all the time and prostitution. There was also a lot of unfair trading going on.
There was also a problem with how the treaty was translated into Maori. There was a problem with how the Maori translation was written. There was a patch in the treaty were the things were different.
The Maori thought they would still own the land. The British thought they would have the land. The British also thought they had permission to buy the land off the Maori.
William Hobson arrived January, 1840.
Thank you for reading my blog I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, BYE!!!
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ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading your sentences about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. It is great that you have put the information that you have learnt into your own words.
In your second paragraph, you need to make it clearer that the Maori population dropped from 100,000 down to 70,000-80,000 people.
Apart from that, your sentences are very informative and I can tell that you are understanding the important events that have shaped the history of Aotearoa.
Keep up the good work.
Mrs Hastie