Awesome series. Wish I'd seen this back in college. The actor who played hone heke did an excellent job to portray the ideal young Maori man, cunning, intelligent and always out to be the best over his rivals by being in a position of power.
Great video series about a land and culture I regrettably know little about, but admire from afar. Great acting, especially by the Maori. Live long and prosper!
It really never is as simple as "the white man screws over the world," as is our modern perception of history. It's easy to look back on history and judge from our own 21st century sensibilities, but the fact is that it was a different time indeed. And this documentary is very good in that respect. We see that this was a very complex thing. The Maori seemed to welcome missionaries. And they also seemed to welcome traders.
if you think the white man didnt screw over Aotearoa then there really needs to be a part 2 to this series. I cant think of 1 place that colonization has touched and ended up better for it.
This was great..I learned so very much..I am of maori blood...my grandfather and grandmother(patriarcal side) came over to Oakland,California from ChristChurch NZ in 1925...my father was inutero on the trip..Even tho my Scot/Irish grandparents were VERY pale, my father was born(the first) very dark with Moari facial features..I, being his first born in Amerika, also have,for a Scottish girl..quite,brown skin,look quite Scottish, but with flarred nostals and thick,lips..the older I get ..the nostrals get wider and the lips get thicker!!hahaha Truth Tells!!..I loved this Docu-drama and I learned so very much..Thank You! !I am Cami Trueheart on fb if you would like to continue this conversation..Cam
Spoiler alert lol, Te Ruki Kawiti and Hone Heke ending up waging war on the crown for their mistreatment of maori in the Flagstaff war. They defeated the british who severely outnumbered and outgunned them on multiple occasions. Hone Heke and Kawiti's only defeat in that war came by the hands of Tamati-waka-nene (the maori chief who talks about how white people are maori friends). Imagine how successful their 'rebellion' would have been if tamati-waka-nene fought alongside heke and kawiti. In the end it turns out Heke and Kawiti were right, look at our lands. Stolen. Tamati was a fool.
Lucky they did, look what happened to most natives around the world! They had no aggrement! As flawed as it may have been, the waitangi treaty was better than no aggrement in the following century! Where Maori would soon find themselves inevitably outnumbered, weather it was the French, Chinese, Spanish... could have been worse..
If the Treaty was not signed, then the French would annex New Zealand and would remain French territory to this day. The French annexed Tahiti in 1846 after a three year war. New Caledonia was also annexed by the French in 1853, both these territories are still French territory in the present day. French settlors also reached the South Island in 1840. The French plans were not gossip, it is fact.
@@davidh.1540 You guys are ignorant! We knew exactly what we were doing. Te Tiriti is the trade agreement to lease the whenua off the Hapu through the first document called 'He Whakaputanga 1835. That document is the constitution of the country. The second document is Te Tiriti 1840 to 1990 is about settling foreigners on the land through the settlements act 1701. The New Zealand government wanted another agreement with Hapu to stay on our land and so we agreed. Don't think that we are a bunch of dummies. The Hapu are the real authority not the NZ govt. Just because they have jurisdiction doesn't mean they have authority.
@@user-po9mc1tv1e Yes, but don't forget that if the Maori did not sign the treaty, then the British would simply walk away and let other colonial powers annex the region. Germany colonised Samoa, Cameroon, German East Africa, German New Guinea. It would simply be a matter of time before another colonial power took over New Zealand between 1840 to 1940., regardless whether or not a Treaty is ever signed.
Pretty good "mocumentary " about an important time in our history. Ka rawe attention to detail in particular, the use of the northern mita/ dialects and pronunciation.
If the Treaty was not signed, then the French would annex New Zealand and would remain French territory to this day. The French annexed Tahiti in 1846 after a three year war. New Caledonia was also annexed by the French in 1853, both these territories are still French territory in the present day. French settlors also reached the South Island in 1840. The French plans were not gossip, it is fact. Do you prefer to be ruled by the French instead?
The Patupaiarehe once lived and the Northland Maoris ate them for food. Also the white man's skeletons have been found around the Hokianga especially. Turns out the Maoris are not the original people of the land here and the Maoris got here only around 1000 to 1350 AD.
+NewsNotShownonTV Patupaiarehe are not the fairies that you imagine from your fairy tales. They are real and were NOT eaten to extinction by the Maaori or Paakehaa. They are still present today in areas of our whenua that are to some extent untouched by tauiwi. Those of us who still have a connection with thi whenua and it's taiao walk among them frequently. And as for your theory of Maaori not being the true tangata whenua, I suggest you and your text books take a hike back to uni. For my whakapapa is directly descended mai i nga atua, iwi who were born of the whenua, nga maunga, nga awa me te kohu. Please keep your fable myths and legends to yourself, my fear is that other dim witted people like yourself may be lead a stray by your nonsense. Sincerely yours, Tangata Whenua
Thanks for admitting that the patupaiarehe are not fairies. Have you heard of the Kaimanawa Walls or the Hokianga Walls? Check out my You Tube clip early Maori and European history - which explains the story about the patu pai a rehe.
Oh they understood it alright. The great Te Heu Heu refused to sign for that very reason... to lose his mana to a Queen/ a woman?? Te Waharoa and Te Whero Whero, the great Waikato chiefs also did not sign... this was one of the very reasons that led up to the King movement... and the war. those that signed understood that the substance of the land stayed with them [unless they wanted to sell to the Crown] and that the shadow went to the Queen. A general abstract idea such as sovereignty was to the Maori at that time the shadow. They had every incentive to want the law and order and protection that was promised them on becoming British subjects.
If it wasn't for the word of GOD! Her Majesties subjects would have ended up as food for the kiore/rats. My ancestors were highly intelligent humans and knew exactly what they were doing when signing the treaty. We, their descendants shall have the last laugh!
Judging by this, Maori weakness was not having strong central leadership. Too busy warring amongst yourselves instead of working together. Pride was your downfall. Other cultures knew the importance of having only one leader
@@ryanzealand After they got musakets they near wiped themselves out, when the english came there was around 30 to 40 thousand Maori, after they got muskets they masscered their own to around 10,000, europeans made a huge effort to stop this stupidity.
American whale and sealing ships were very common in early pre Treaty New Zealand. More than the history books written by the British would have you believe. Hone Heke liked the stories of the US war of independence... and the flag was a gift from a US person to stir up the British. Foot note.... in the 1940's my father held that very flag, but it has since been lost.
Zorc Necrophades If you are implying the Americans were interested in New Zealand, that is not the case. Americans were only traders. The British Crown rushed it more because of the New Zealand Company announced it's plans to start a colony in 1839 and New Zealand was becoming increasingly lawless.
+274Phoenix Thats how stupid they were/are Go back and read the uninformed uneducated comments of these people thinking they could ever have competed with the British. Hell the only way they ever stood a chance in any fights was with technology.
u guys aint shit fuck off back to your own land New Zealand aint England bro its Maori land u think u own it but u don't south island tribes of Te waiponamu Te Arawa got there land so have Tuhoe So have Tainui north land is the only part of new Zealand that has the treaty dumb ass so talk about your own ugly place white boi cause your not from New Zealand co ugly white boi. whakamatia te tiriti e and the first treaty was te whakaputanga and that was in 1835 the it was the treaty and te tiriti see not the same things and that was in 1840 translated by white people that didn't even know how to translate maori I go to a maori school what James busby said was wrong he a lair like your ass see don't know shit boi in new Zealand people that a white and like are not from new Zealand fucking dumb ass cunts.
Check this...Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward, both of European descent were given the task of drafting the treaty, because they knew the Māori language. But my question? Did they understand Maori?? Did they understand the infinitive dimension of Maori language, Example: the word MAURI is dimensional , does not have a single definition. Therefore, Why should there have been two NON-MAORI, be given the right to translate for Maori! e.g. "It's like a Hindu trying to teach the HAKA to Maori"
if Maori was to translate their own language, they also have to learn how to read, write, and say English, which is possibly the same thing isn't it? And I'm pretty sure British people thought they were better anyways
@Ladeana Gibbs The Maori and Hawaiin Languages are very similar, if you were to say the word people in Maori it would be Tangata and in Hawaiin it is Kanaka, so to translate from Maori to Hawaiin you must replace the Maori T to a Hawaiin K, If a word in Maori already has a K, in order to translated to Hawaiin, the K is taken out and its is replaced with a glotal stop, just like the Maori word for speak Korero, and the Hawaiin word for speak OleloI. Keeping all that in mind, in Te Reo Maori we say Hawaiki, that translated into Ke Leo Maoli the word Hawaiki, would be, Hawai'i.
@@ex_orpheus1166 Interesting, It would sounf alot like Maori I assume?, is the Ni'ihau dialect a cheiftain speech?, or a form of dialect higher than the common dialects?
Hawaiki refers to the place of our maori ancestors, ass to maori culture. When we die, we travel back to that place we call Hawaiki. At the very top point of the north island it is said that our spirit starts its journey there back to Hawaiki, i bilieve in my own way Hawaiki refers to Hawaii....As the migration journey started from there
U cant eat enough to wipe out all this colonial scum, but when u hungry enough u can free Hawai from all this USA shit, Bon appetite P.S. hope that hawai comes someday back in the hands of its real owners
At the time of the first Europeans, Maori were a Stone Age people, they had raped the land and were a dying race. Constant inter-tribal wars, brutal slaughter, ritual sacrifice, slavery, cannibalism, female infanticide, slash and burn agriculture and starvation had flattened the population out to 115,000 with Maori living short life spans (25yrs). Leading up to 1840 Maori went on to slaughter 1/3 of their own population in just 40 years. So anxious were the Maori they sent pleas to the British for help who were considered more humane than the French who were only weeks behind colonization and who had not forgotten the brutal killing and cannibalism of French explorer Marion du Fresne and members of his crew in 1772. The rule of British law or the French guillotine! An easy choice. Captain William Hobson Royal Navy along with several other British appointees were instructed to format The Treaty with great care to ensure that the document was expressed in simple terms using words which had close Maori equivalents. The document was then translated into Maori by Henry Williams and his 21 year old son Edward. Henry was head of the Mission and a former naval officer and had arrived 17 years previously with his family when Edward was 4 years old. Edward was therefore a native speaker of the Ngapuhi dialect of Maori which was in continual use at the Mission and consequently both men were very competent to do the task so there can be no misunderstanding about wording or translation. Instructions were "not to allow anyone to sign the treaty unless fully understood so there can be no doubt" The treaty was presented at Busby's house in Waitangi. Then followed a lengthy discussion with arguments for and against the treaty. No amendments were suggested. The Maori chiefs retired to Tii marae to discuss among themselves and Williams went with them. The discussion was expected to take several days but the chiefs arrived back the next day with 45 ready to sign. Hone Heke signed first and after each one signed Hobson shook his hand and said in Maori "we are one people now" The total official tally is 540 signatures, Te Rauparaha signed twice. The Treaty quite simply saved the Maori race from total annihilation. It imposed the rule of law and order, allowing safe colonization and control over the sale of land which was sold fairly at the market rates at the time. Some land was confiscated but this was in response to Maori rebellion and in violation of the Treaty. In 1840 the Maori concept of ownership was based not on right but by conquest. The word taonga does not mean treasure it means "taken by the spear". There are no principles to the Treaty save one "We are one people" and there is no "partnership between the Crown and Maori people". The British did not go in for "partnership" agreements with Stone Age chiefs who had been unable to bring peace and order to their own lands. These are modern inventions. Lies from both politicians and officialdom, media manipulation and fraud is what the Treaty industry is based on. When the Crown settles a Treaty claim it does not come from some magical hoard of gold and jewels which her Majesty has hidden away in some castle, no it is money from tax payers given to someone demanding compensation for supposed historical wrongs and perpetual privilege in the future who are 5th and 6th generation decedents of mixed blood not in the sense Maori at all but with the multi-million dollars riches only going to the minority privileged elite riding the gravy train. Quite simply the biggest swindle in New Zealand history.
Hawaiki refers to the place of our maori ancestors, ass to maori culture. When we die, we travel back to that place we call Hawaiki. At the very top point of the north island it is said that our spirit starts its journey there back to Hawaiki, i bilieve in my own way Hawaiki refers to Hawaii....As the migration journey started from there
Havaii is the ancient name for Ra'iatea (Rangiatea) in the Society Islands, said to be the departure point of the Te Arawa waka and the birthplace of Kupe. It was not uncommon for navigators to name newly discovered islands Hawaiki/Avaiki/Hawaii/Savaii.
Awesome series. Wish I'd seen this back in college. The actor who played hone heke did an excellent job to portray the ideal young Maori man, cunning, intelligent and always out to be the best over his rivals by being in a position of power.
Love this depiction and that jones was so right " the natives don't know what they are in for"
Great video series about a land and culture I regrettably know little about, but admire from afar. Great acting, especially by the Maori. Live long and prosper!
It really never is as simple as "the white man screws over the world," as is our modern perception of history. It's easy to look back on history and judge from our own 21st century sensibilities, but the fact is that it was a different time indeed. And this documentary is very good in that respect. We see that this was a very complex thing. The Maori seemed to welcome missionaries. And they also seemed to welcome traders.
if you think the white man didnt screw over Aotearoa then there really needs to be a part 2 to this series. I cant think of 1 place that colonization has touched and ended up better for it.
Thank you to all whanau involved in the making of this series.
Kia Ora, totalJK.👍
Ironically Hone Heke starts a rebellion after the treaty.
+James Lee lol yeah and is aided by Kauiti
I don't blame him. He realised the Treaty was a lie after the events that followed the treaty being signed.
yeah but you don't see that gota keep Maori happy
He ran out of tobacco.
We Do Not Sow When he ran out of tobacco.
Now he is a upset and angry maori
This was great..I learned so very much..I am of maori blood...my grandfather and grandmother(patriarcal side) came over to Oakland,California from ChristChurch NZ in 1925...my father was inutero on the trip..Even tho my Scot/Irish grandparents were VERY pale, my father was born(the first) very dark with Moari facial features..I, being his first born in Amerika, also have,for a Scottish girl..quite,brown skin,look quite Scottish, but with flarred nostals and thick,lips..the older I get ..the nostrals get wider and the lips get thicker!!hahaha Truth Tells!!..I loved this Docu-drama and I learned so very much..Thank You! !I am Cami Trueheart on fb if you would like to continue this conversation..Cam
Spoiler alert lol, Te Ruki Kawiti and Hone Heke ending up waging war on the crown for their mistreatment of maori in the Flagstaff war. They defeated the british who severely outnumbered and outgunned them on multiple occasions. Hone Heke and Kawiti's only defeat in that war came by the hands of Tamati-waka-nene (the maori chief who talks about how white people are maori friends). Imagine how successful their 'rebellion' would have been if tamati-waka-nene fought alongside heke and kawiti.
In the end it turns out Heke and Kawiti were right, look at our lands. Stolen. Tamati was a fool.
The signing of the treaty brought tears to my eyes. "These natives have no idea what they are in for, Good for business no doubt"
Lucky they did, look what happened to most natives around the world!
They had no aggrement!
As flawed as it may have been, the waitangi treaty was better than no aggrement in the following century! Where Maori would soon find themselves inevitably outnumbered, weather it was the French, Chinese, Spanish...
could have been worse..
If the Treaty was not signed, then the French would annex New Zealand and would remain French territory to this day. The French annexed Tahiti in 1846 after a three year war. New Caledonia was also annexed by the French in 1853, both these territories are still French territory in the present day. French settlors also reached the South Island in 1840. The French plans were not gossip, it is fact.
@@davidh.1540 You guys are ignorant! We knew exactly what we were doing. Te Tiriti is the trade agreement to lease the whenua off the Hapu through the first document called 'He Whakaputanga 1835. That document is the constitution of the country. The second document is Te Tiriti 1840 to 1990 is about settling foreigners on the land through the settlements act 1701. The New Zealand government wanted another agreement with Hapu to stay on our land and so we agreed. Don't think that we are a bunch of dummies. The Hapu are the real authority not the NZ govt. Just because they have jurisdiction doesn't mean they have authority.
@@user-po9mc1tv1e Yes, but don't forget that if the Maori did not sign the treaty, then the British would simply walk away and let other colonial powers annex the region. Germany colonised Samoa, Cameroon, German East Africa, German New Guinea. It would simply be a matter of time before another colonial power took over New Zealand between 1840 to 1940., regardless whether or not a Treaty is ever signed.
Pretty good "mocumentary " about an important time in our history. Ka rawe attention to detail in particular, the use of the northern mita/ dialects and pronunciation.
This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing. I am from NZ but have never seen this doco.
That was odd to see my great great great grandfather Charles Baker called out at the signing of the Treaty.
Gavin MV Agusta wtf na that is so not possible how did you now u were related to him
Great Acting by all captured the essence of our bonded cultures
That was a very entertaining piece of theatre, well put together
These videos are awesome. Thanks for the uploads.
These moko are not actual MOKO. They are for the documentary! However maybe some of the moko covering the body may be real for some of the actors.
this is awesome :) why hasnt it played on tv yet? or did i miss that boat?
great skits, yo the guy that drinks the wine alot, cracked me up at times..yea he was a geek, didnt like his intentions but the way he was acting, lol
is there a movie of this or something i can watch all at once? it was really awesome the ta moko looks awesome on this
This helped me with my school work.thanks
Man did they make more of these or what??!?!?! When heke rebelled?
this was amazing!!!!!!!! just watched them, thanks for the upload, did the maoris here really have ta mokos or were they make up?
1:42 so me being white and maori lol
white and maori mixed are the true children of WAITANGI
love it
This makes me feel sad and mad at the same time
If the Treaty was not signed, then the French would annex New Zealand and would remain French territory to this day. The French annexed Tahiti in 1846 after a three year war. New Caledonia was also annexed by the French in 1853, both these territories are still French territory in the present day. French settlors also reached the South Island in 1840. The French plans were not gossip, it is fact. Do you prefer to be ruled by the French instead?
Thank you very much, Maybe you should get hold of all the Maori land war series and post those to bud
Ka Kite
That Marupo bro is a crack up
Ye g
An informative watch, but what happened to the Patu pai a rehe in Northland ? The maoris wiped them out an ate them for food.
The Patupaiarehe once lived and the Northland Maoris ate them for food. Also the white man's skeletons have been found around the Hokianga especially. Turns out the Maoris are not the original people of the land here and the Maoris got here only around 1000 to 1350 AD.
+NewsNotShownonTV
Patupaiarehe are not the fairies that you imagine from your fairy tales. They are real and were NOT eaten to extinction by the Maaori or Paakehaa. They are still present today in areas of our whenua that are to some extent untouched by tauiwi. Those of us who still have a connection with thi whenua and it's taiao walk among them frequently.
And as for your theory of Maaori not being the true tangata whenua, I suggest you and your text books take a hike back to uni. For my whakapapa is directly descended mai i nga atua, iwi who were born of the whenua, nga maunga, nga awa me te kohu.
Please keep your fable myths and legends to yourself, my fear is that other dim witted people like yourself may be lead a stray by your nonsense.
Sincerely yours,
Tangata Whenua
Thanks for admitting that the patupaiarehe are not fairies. Have you heard of the Kaimanawa Walls or the Hokianga Walls? Check out my You Tube clip early Maori and European history - which explains the story about the patu pai a rehe.
dumb fool
red herring troll
@hazza3 No worries mate glad you enjoyed them as much as I did!
Wow the kahuna was correct 👍
Well, we Maori are very friendly and welcoming :)
@ Etacat It was stolen from our Tupuna and is today knowing America would not do that to us America... still comng Haere mai
Oh they understood it alright. The great Te Heu Heu refused to sign for that very reason... to lose his mana to a Queen/ a woman?? Te Waharoa and Te Whero Whero, the great Waikato chiefs also did not sign... this was one of the very reasons that led up to the King movement... and the war. those that signed understood that the substance of the land stayed with them [unless they wanted to sell to the Crown] and that the shadow went to the Queen. A general abstract idea such as sovereignty was to the Maori at that time the shadow. They had every incentive to want the law and order and protection that was promised them on becoming British subjects.
If it wasn't for the word of GOD! Her Majesties subjects would have ended up as food for the kiore/rats. My ancestors were highly intelligent humans and knew exactly what they were doing when signing the treaty. We, their descendants shall have the last laugh!
Judging by this, Maori weakness was not having strong central leadership. Too busy warring amongst yourselves instead of working together. Pride was your downfall. Other cultures knew the importance of having only one leader
@@ryanzealand After they got musakets they near wiped themselves out, when the english came there was around 30 to 40 thousand Maori, after they got muskets they masscered their own to around 10,000, europeans made a huge effort to stop this stupidity.
Captain Cook died in Hawaii...
This is soo sad
How about when Hone Heke keep cutting there flag down
5:47
Is anyone from a tribe that didn't sign the treaty??
Why did Hone Heke had the united state flag on his Waka??
From what I read, it was a flown to undermine the New Zealand Company.
American whale and sealing ships were very common in early pre Treaty New Zealand. More than the history books written by the British would have you believe. Hone Heke liked the stories of the US war of independence... and the flag was a gift from a US person to stir up the British. Foot note.... in the 1940's my father held that very flag, but it has since been lost.
The British weren't the only ones that wanted New Zealand. Another reason why the treaty was rushed.
Zorc Necrophades If you are implying the Americans were interested in New Zealand, that is not the case. Americans were only traders. The British Crown rushed it more because of the New Zealand Company announced it's plans to start a colony in 1839 and New Zealand was becoming increasingly lawless.
Alex Stauber That's only one reason, can you make the same statement about the French?
where was PUMUKA
Swapped a country for some ciggys and blankets, wow, what a deal.
+274Phoenix Thats how stupid they were/are Go back and read the uninformed uneducated comments of these people thinking they could ever have competed with the British. Hell the only way they ever stood a chance in any fights was with technology.
shut the fuck up man
u guys aint shit fuck off back to your own land New Zealand aint England bro its Maori land u think u own it but u don't south island tribes of Te waiponamu Te Arawa got there land so have Tuhoe So have Tainui north land is the only part of new Zealand that has the treaty dumb ass so talk about your own ugly place white boi cause your not from New Zealand co
ugly white boi. whakamatia te tiriti e
and the first treaty was te whakaputanga and that was in 1835 the it was the treaty and te tiriti see not the same things and that was in 1840 translated by white people that didn't even know how to translate maori I go to a maori school what James busby said was wrong he a lair like your ass see don't know shit boi in new Zealand people that a white and like are not from new Zealand fucking dumb ass cunts.
At 5:50 , thats the hammer! lol
Check this...Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward, both of European descent were given the task of drafting the treaty, because they knew the Māori language. But my question? Did they understand Maori?? Did they understand the infinitive dimension of Maori language, Example: the word MAURI is dimensional , does not have a single definition. Therefore, Why should there have been two NON-MAORI, be given the right to translate for Maori! e.g. "It's like a Hindu trying to teach the HAKA to Maori"
if Maori was to translate their own language, they also have to learn how to read, write, and say English, which is possibly the same thing isn't it?
And I'm pretty sure British people thought they were better anyways
PAAKKEEHHAA BBBLLLLAAAAHHHHHH
I was there
Did you know, that in Maori, 'Hawaii' is 'Hawaiki'?
@Ladeana Gibbs The Maori and Hawaiin Languages are very similar, if you were to say the word people in Maori it would be Tangata and in Hawaiin it is Kanaka, so to translate from Maori to Hawaiin you must replace the Maori T to a Hawaiin K, If a word in Maori already has a K, in order to translated to Hawaiin, the K is taken out and its is replaced with a glotal stop, just like the Maori word for speak Korero, and the Hawaiin word for speak OleloI. Keeping all that in mind, in Te Reo Maori we say Hawaiki, that translated into Ke Leo Maoli the word Hawaiki, would be, Hawai'i.
@@armanihoughtonhala2119 The T sound is still retained in the Ni'ihau dialect.
@@ex_orpheus1166 Interesting, It would sounf alot like Maori I assume?, is the Ni'ihau dialect a cheiftain speech?, or a form of dialect higher than the common dialects?
@@armanihoughtonhala2119
It's regional, spoken in both Kauai'i and Ni'ihau. Seems to sound more similar to Tahitian.
wow
No it isn't. In Maori, Hawaiki means "World of light". Avaiki means "World of Darkness". Hawaiki is NOT Hawaii.
I thought Hawaiki is 'ancestral home of Maori' or is that the same thing?
huh, lit
bonjour les E1
Hawaiki refers to the place of our maori ancestors, ass to maori culture. When we die, we travel back to that place we call Hawaiki. At the very top point of the north island it is said that our spirit starts its journey there back to Hawaiki, i bilieve in my own way Hawaiki refers to Hawaii....As the migration journey started from there
Hawaiiki sunk
It was a huge land mass that sunk Why they called it the Mainland
Hawaiki may likely refer to Havaii, the ancient name for Ra'iatea (Rangiatea) in the Society Islands.
thats right my people were very cheated and now it is happening again
Thus the doctrine of discovery disguised as the Bible.
He died from covid 2 years l8a 🤷♂️
Give maori their land back..
whakawhetai ki a koe i tenei i whakamahi hei ako mo toku whakamātautau
i am maori
Thanks suckers.
L
U cant eat enough to wipe out all this colonial scum, but when u hungry enough u can free Hawai from all this USA shit,
Bon appetite
P.S. hope that hawai comes someday back in the hands of its real owners
At the time of the first Europeans, Maori were a Stone Age people, they had raped the land and were a dying race. Constant inter-tribal wars, brutal slaughter, ritual sacrifice, slavery, cannibalism, female infanticide, slash and burn agriculture and starvation had flattened the population out to 115,000 with Maori living short life spans (25yrs). Leading up to 1840 Maori went on to slaughter 1/3 of their own population in just 40 years. So anxious were the Maori they sent pleas to the British for help who were considered more humane than the French who were only weeks behind colonization and who had not forgotten the brutal killing and cannibalism of French explorer Marion du Fresne and members of his crew in 1772. The rule of British law or the French guillotine! An easy choice. Captain William Hobson Royal Navy along with several other British appointees were instructed to format The Treaty with great care to ensure that the document was expressed in simple terms using words which had close Maori equivalents. The document was then translated into Maori by Henry Williams and his 21 year old son Edward. Henry was head of the Mission and a former naval officer and had arrived 17 years previously with his family when Edward was 4 years old. Edward was therefore a native speaker of the Ngapuhi dialect of Maori which was in continual use at the Mission and consequently both men were very competent to do the task so there can be no misunderstanding about wording or translation. Instructions were "not to allow anyone to sign the treaty unless fully understood so there can be no doubt" The treaty was presented at Busby's house in Waitangi. Then followed a lengthy discussion with arguments for and against the treaty. No amendments were suggested. The Maori chiefs retired to Tii marae to discuss among themselves and Williams went with them. The discussion was expected to take several days but the chiefs arrived back the next day with 45 ready to sign. Hone Heke signed first and after each one signed Hobson shook his hand and said in Maori "we are one people now" The total official tally is 540 signatures, Te Rauparaha signed twice. The Treaty quite simply saved the Maori race from total annihilation. It imposed the rule of law and order, allowing safe colonization and control over the sale of land which was sold fairly at the market rates at the time. Some land was confiscated but this was in response to Maori rebellion and in violation of the Treaty. In 1840 the Maori concept of ownership was based not on right but by conquest. The word taonga does not mean treasure it means "taken by the spear". There are no principles to the Treaty save one "We are one people" and there is no "partnership between the Crown and Maori people". The British did not go in for "partnership" agreements with Stone Age chiefs who had been unable to bring peace and order to their own lands. These are modern inventions. Lies from both politicians and officialdom, media manipulation and fraud is what the Treaty industry is based on. When the Crown settles a Treaty claim it does not come from some magical hoard of gold and jewels which her Majesty has hidden away in some castle, no it is money from tax payers given to someone demanding compensation for supposed historical wrongs and perpetual privilege in the future who are 5th and 6th generation decedents of mixed blood not in the sense Maori at all but with the multi-million dollars riches only going to the minority privileged elite riding the gravy train. Quite simply the biggest swindle in New Zealand history.
WTF
Ratchet. They got owned.
this is awesome :) why hasnt it played on tv yet? or did i miss that boat?
Hawaiki refers to the place of our maori ancestors, ass to maori culture. When we die, we travel back to that place we call Hawaiki. At the very top point of the north island it is said that our spirit starts its journey there back to Hawaiki, i bilieve in my own way Hawaiki refers to Hawaii....As the migration journey started from there
Havaii is the ancient name for Ra'iatea (Rangiatea) in the Society Islands, said to be the departure point of the Te Arawa waka and the birthplace of Kupe. It was not uncommon for navigators to name newly discovered islands Hawaiki/Avaiki/Hawaii/Savaii.