The Treaty Of Waitangi
We are learning to understand how and why individuals and groups pass on and keep alive their culture and heritage.
First we read an article about the Treaty of Waitangi, then we answered questions about the Treaty. We made our own treaty about the class rules and we signed it with a fern pen with a quill nib. Also we marked the places where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in New Zealand.
We learnt about this so we can know more about the reasons why Māori and the British (Crown) signed the Treaty of Waitangi.
We both learned when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed (Feb 6th 1840), we
also learned when New Zealand first celebrated the Treaty of Waitangi (1974).
The challenges that we faced were pronouncing the Māori words.
