Tag: 2023

Task Description: Today I finished my pre camp goals work and it was really easy to do all i had to do was insert a picture of my self and insert was camp group im in and other question.

Early New Zealand History – Response to Text

• What was Abel Tasman’s first meeting with local Maori like?

•  Peaceful

1. 1. 1. Violent
      2. Entertaining
      3. Mutually Beneficial

• What was the purpose of James Cook’s travels to New Zealand?

1. 1. 1. To find kumara

• To create maps of the area

1. 1. To make new scientific discoveries
   2. To find a new planet

• Who was Captain William Hobson, and why was he important?

Captain William Hobson is an officer in the British royal navy. He is important because he served as the first Governor of New zealand.

• Find the sentence/s  in the text that explains the impact that whaling and sealing had on Maori in New Zealand? Copy and Paste below.

After Cook’s voyages, a steady flow of Europeans arrived in New Zealand, getting involved in a range of diverse activities; trading, and gold mining, to whaling and sealing. These interactions between British and Maori, while creating moments of peaceful trade, also caused fights and arguments, particularly due to the trade of firearms (guns called muskets)(see left). The presence of whalers and sealers, living along the coast, left a great impact on Maori communities.

• “the Treaty of Waitangi signaled the start of British sovereignty over New Zealand” What does this mean? 

Research any unfamiliar words, and discuss with your partner before answering.

Control of everything

• Cartography or map-making was a very important part of any European voyage. In your own words, how do you think it was done? How were maps made?

Maps were made with rulers, paint brush, Black ink, compass

• Whaling is an industry that still causes problems today – do you think we should be hunting whales? Why or why not?

I think its bad that we finding whales because whale meat is not healthy for humans to eat.