My stellar grid by Michael Marnane https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9 Made with an open mind en-us 2018-08-01 00:32:54 UTC 2025-10-31 00:06:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Approximately when did Maori arrive in this country? 181353 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271608398 According to Māori, the first explorer to reach New Zealand was Kupe. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the Pacific on his waka hourua (voyaging canoe) from his ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. It is thought that Kupe made landfall at the Hokianga Harbour in Northland, around 700 years ago.]]> 2018-08-01 00:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271608398 Other than explorers, the 1st Europeans to come to New Zealand were involved in? 1805812 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609105 The first European to sight New Zealand was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. He was on an expedition to discover a great Southern continent ‘Great South Land’ that was believed to be rich in minerals. In 1642, while searching for this continent, Tasman sighted a ‘large high-lying land’ off the West Coast of the South Island.

]]> 2018-08-01 00:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609105 When was the Treaty of Waitangi signed? 1805812 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609590  
6 February 1840 
]]> 2018-08-01 00:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609590 What does the Waitangi Tribunal do? 181353 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609711 The Waitangi Tribunal is a standing commission of inquiry. It makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to legislation, policies, actions or omissions of the Crown that are alleged to breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.]]> 2018-08-01 00:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609711 What caused the New Zealand Wars of the 1860’s & 70’s Though the wars were initially localised conflicts triggered by tensions over disputed land purchases, they escalated dramatically from 1860 as the government became convinced it was facing united Māori resistance to further land sales and a refusal to acknowledge Crown sovereignty. 1808610 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609979 2018-08-01 00:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/271609979 why did pakeha leave nz 1805812 https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/275748596 some pakeha had no room to immigrate maori]]> 2018-08-28 02:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1805812/uheg37e2x7k9/wish/275748596