😀New Zealand history😀
1000s of years ago three important moments happened.The three important moments are the Early polynesians arriving,the Treaty of Waitangi signing and the Early Settlers arriving. And it all happened here in New Zealand.
The Early Polynesian Navigators who came to New Zealand in the year 1300 arrived in the north island on a double hulled vaka. On their way there to Aotearoa they used stars, water currents, sun, moon and clouds. When they got to New Zealand they killed moa for food,clothes and they also used the moa egg like a container.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in Waitangi New Zealand on the 4th of February 1840. Did you know Hone Heke chopped down the British flag 4 times because he was not happy with the Treaties agreement ? William Hobson translated the Treaty into Maori but he only had one night. There were two Treatises, the English and the Maori both said different things like the British one said that they would take their Sovereignty. The Maori one said they would have Governorship. And these two words mean something different.
The Early European Settlers came here in the year 1860 on a boat; it took them 6 weeks to get to Aotearoa. ( What a long trip that would have been ) Did you know the boy got to do the outside work and the girls had to do the inside work? So unfair to girls. Some came here for more land, farms or the Otago gold rush. But only lucky people found gold there.
And it all happened here in New Zealand in different years and different places. That's what makes us special. WE ARE AMAZING !!!
