https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x Interpretation of a story by Gloria Broder en-us 2019-03-14 02:39:58 UTC 2019-03-15 10:58:37 UTC hello@padlet.com ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341684961 To protect Māori, the growing number of British settlers and its own trade interest, the British government appointed James Busby as its official British Resident – a type of junior consular representative with little power. He arrived in May 1833 and built a house on land he bought at Waitangi]]> 2019-03-15 10:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341684961 ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341685752 He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene (the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand) was drawn up by British Resident James Busby without authorisation from his superiors. It asserted the independence of New Zealand, with all sovereign power and authority resting with the hereditary chiefs and tribes. By 1839 the declaration had been signed by 52 Māori chiefs.]]> 2019-03-15 10:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341685752 ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341686464 Growing lawlessness among Europeans in New Zealand and fears of a French annexation of the country led 13 northern chiefs to ask King William IV for his protection. Missionary William Yate helped the chiefs draft the letter to the King. The Crown acknowledged the petition and promised protection.

]]> 2019-03-15 10:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341686464 ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341686965 In December 1837 the British government decided in principle to intervene in New Zealand to ensure that colonisation was regulated and that land transactions that defrauded Māori were stopped. The government had initially tried to avoid assuming responsibility. Instead it had attempted to influence the interaction of Māori and British settlers through the missionaries and by sending British Resident James Busby to work with chiefs. In mid-1839 the British government decided to annex at least part of New Zealand to New South Wales.]]> 2019-03-15 10:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341686965 ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341687444 The British government appointed William Hobson as consul to New Zealand in 1839. Hobson was instructed to obtain sovereignty over all or part of New Zealand with the consent of a sufficient number of chiefs. New Zealand would come under the authority of George Gipps, the governor of New South Wales, and Hobson would become Gipps’ lieutenant-governor. Land-buying agents continued swarming over New Zealand in anticipation of purchases.]]> 2019-03-15 10:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341687444 ifrita https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341687737 The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840. The previous day a draft of the Treaty in English and Māori was discussed before about 500 Māori and 200 Pākehā. Many Māori were suspicious of what was intended, but Tāmati Wāka Nene among others helped sway the chiefs towards acceptance. The meeting reassembled on 6 February; the text was read again, and signing commenced. About 40 chiefs signed on the first day; by September 1840 another 500 chiefs around the country had signed. Almost all of the chiefs signed copies of the Māori text of the Treaty.]]> 2019-03-15 10:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ifrita/giswb9pai21x/wish/341687737