New Zealand History
Around 1250-1300 New Zealand was settled by the Polynesians. Many many years later in mid 1800 so like 1845 the Europeans arrived. In between the Treaty happened. Both of the groups had to change for the environment and the human race.
The Polynesians are the ancestors of the Maori. They found New Zealand-- Aotearoa by using the water currents, wind, cloud and sun. At night they used the stars, moons and the water currants. They found the land from migrating birds. The birds disappear at some point every year and then they come back full, at some point somebody wanted to find out where they were going.
The Treaty Of Waitangi is an agreement between the British and the Maori. The English name is The Treaty Of Waitangi, the Maori name is Te Tiriti O Waitangi. William Hobson wrote the treaty and Henry Williams translated it. In the Maori treaty it said that the Maori would have control or sovereignty over their land. But in the English version it said that Queen Victoria would have sovereignty/control over the Maori’s land. That started the land wars.
After the Treaty was signed the British paid people from England to come live in New Zealand. The package from the government included a trip on a merky, smelly, noisy small boat and a bit of land to make a home and to start a farm. On a boat it took about 6 weeks to travel from England to New Zealand. The Early European settlers had pretty big families so you would most likely have to share a room or two (if you were lucky ) with around 10-18 people. In this time period people thought the girls were weak and the boys were strong and muscular. So the girls did the inside work like cleaning, cooking etc. The boys did the outside work or so the fun work like hunting and making resources.
People change when they move to a different place. No one can keep everything from another place. You have to change and do some things differently. Some things will make life easier and some changes will make life harder. So sometimes you can’t take your pets which is sad but you can live without them!