Kowhai, Junior And My Northern Wars Work

The Northern wars

The Northern War was the first serious challenge to the Crown in the years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Its opening shots marked the beginning of the wider North Island conflicts that are often referred to as the New Zealand War

  

Causes of the northern wars.

The signing of The Treaty of Waitangi. Te Tiriti o Waitangi was a turning point. There were two versions of this document one in Maori and one in English but they did not say exactly the same thing.

Who was involved in the  northern war?:

• Maori of ngapuhi iwi.
• Colonial government.
• British Crown.

What Started the Northern war?:

Causes of the Northern  War. Māori of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) went to war with the colonial government of New Zealand in 1845. They fought because Great Britain tried to impose an unacceptable version of the Queen's sovereignty upon them.                                     

When did the Northern war happen?:

The Northern War and the First Māori War, was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

What happen in the Northern war?:

They fought because Great Britain tried to impose an unacceptable version of the Queen's sovereignty upon them. The British, on the other hand, intended to govern Māori as British subjects.

To cut down the flagpole

The turning point that caused the northern wars.

They Were involved with killing.

This flag should have been up the same level as the other one.

Maori of the Ngapuhi iwi (tribe) went to the colonial government of New Zealand in 1845. They fought because Great Britain tried to impose an unacceptable version of the Queen's sovereignty upon them

the Crown in the years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The hill fort or pa was erected on suitable hills or ridges as well as on strategic situations with sea, river, lake, or swamp forming a natural barrier on one side.

 the plan of the ruapekapeka pa the pa was bombarded for a week from 24 June 1845

11 January 1846 in and around the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

The Colonial government were involved with the northern wars, the governor is involved because he is in charge.

George grey Sir George Grey, was a British soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony, the 11th Premier of New Zealand.

Jordon / Kowhai's

In the short film Tama Tu one of the characters had been on lookout and he had stumbled across a German soldier and he was hesitating to take the shoot because the German soldier had saw a black cat and he had grubbed it then an anonymous person had shot the German soldier dead.

Tama Tu is a Maori film based on World War 1 ,When the Maori vs the English. The Maori men camp out in this building waiting for the English to come out from hiding, Maori seen the soldier lying on the ground it looked like he had been shot in the leg. The soldier was holding a black cat in his arms then someone shot the man holding the cat.

Yellow Brick Road

The story Yellow Brick Road by Witi Ihimaera tells the story of some people that want to make more money and moves to Wellington to make a new life.

The story is set in the North Island. Waituhi where all their family is from, but they not making enough money for themselves so they are moving to Wellington. There dad brought them a car earlier before they decided to go on a road trip down to Wellington.

Everyone was happy to make some more money in Wellington but they just didn't want to leave their family,friends,boyfriend when they broke down they had to take of some stuff out but the mum didn't want to so dad took out Matiu books but it had Matiu favourite book in it and all his pages fell out with stuff and they all flew into the sky so he got out and tried to save his pages but he couldn't and he was running over the road and people driving passed.

The dad he was saying said ‘come on car only one hill left’. Matiu was so happy in Wellington that he called it Wellington the Emerald city,the sister wasn't happy because her boyfriend was there but matiu was trying to make her happy but she wasn't happy when they left Matiu seen his sister pashh her boyfriend he thought it was yuck.

His favorite book flew into the sky they all flew into the sky so he got out and tried to save his pages but he couldn't and he was running over the road and people to get to it

Why I would not sign the treaty of Waitangi

If I was at waitangi on the day the treaty got signed i wouldn't sign the treaty because of the prostitution of others. Sailors are spreading S.T.I.s with our women

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