Histories (11-18)

Question 1

Who was the first Māori King?

Answer 1

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Question 2

Te Kooti Arikirangi was the leader of which religious faith?

Answer 2

Ringatū

Question 3

What ‘suppresive’ act was legislated in 1907?

Answer 3

The Tohunga Suppression Act

Question 4

Why was the ‘Declaration of Independence’ written?

Answer 4

To promote and to protect the rights of Māori.

Question 5

Which of the following cultural concepts was used in article one of the Māori version of the Treaty of Waitangi?

Answer 5

Mana

Question 6

The Māori ‘renaissance’ in the 1920s saw the revivial of …

Answer 6

Te reo Māori, music, dance sports creative arts, carving, and education.

Question 7

How many Māori seats were there?

Answer 7

4

Question 8

Who was the first Māori to graduate with a Law degree?

Answer 8

Apirana Ngata

Question 9

A Treaty settlement is defined as …

Answer 9

an agreement between the Crown and the Māori claimant group to settle fully and finally all that the claimant group’s historical claims against the Crown.

Question 10

The role of the Waitangi Tribunal is to …

Answer 10

Investigate breaches of the Treaty – contemporary and historical, generic and in a specific location.

Question 11

In what year did the Waitangi Tribunal successfully assert te reo Māori as a ‘taonga’ guaranteed under article 2 of the Treaty of Waitangi?

Answer 11

1986

Question 12

The term ‘pepper potting’ was a system of …

Answer 12

providing homes for migrated Māori scattered within Pākehā dominant urban centres to assist in the assimilation of Māori into a Pākehā world.

Question 13

The Department of Māori Affairs was tasked with …

Answer 13

“Solving the Māori problem in a way that would achieve the government’s aim of the full assimilation of Māori.”

Question 14

Which of the following was a challenge for Māori following their first encounter with
European settlers?

Answer 14

Disease, Muskets, Language barriers

Question 15

When was Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the Treaty of Waitangi signed?

Answer 15

6th February 1840

Question 16

How many northern rangatira signed the Declaration of Independence 1835?

Answer 16

34

Question 17

Who translated both the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi into te reo Māori?

Answer 17

Henry Williams

Question 18

Who were the two prophet-leaders of Parihaka?

Answer 18

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi

Question 19

When was the invasion of Parihaka?

Answer 19

5th November 1881

Question 20

In what year was the Labour-Rātana alliance officially formalised?

Answer 20

1936

Question 21

What kinds of jobs did Māori generally have in the urban areas?

Answer 21

Low-paying, unskilled labouring jobs

Question 22

In what year was the Waitangi Tribunal established?

Answer 22

1975

Question 23

In what year was the (first) Waitangi Tribunal Amendment Act enacted?

Answer 23

1985

Question 24

What did the Waitangi Tribunal Amendment Act amend in the Waitangi Tribunal Act?

Answer 24

Tribunal could hear claims dating back to 6 February 1840

Question 25

How did the early colonial government finance its administration?

Answer 25

Selling Crown-purchased lands to incoming settlers at a higher profit.

Question 26

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was selected to be the first leader of the Kīngitanga movement. Why was he chosen?

Answer 26

He possessed an illustrious whakapapa, was highly revered as a warrior chief and had long been friendly to the government.

Question 27

In 1928, Rātana-ism became overtly political. What were their two major demands of the Crown?

Answer 27

To confirm policy that would enshrine the Treaty of Waitangi and advocate for Māori self-government.

Question 28

Where did Ngāi Tahu upoko ariki (head chief), Tamaiharanui, establish a trading post in the 1820s to take advantage of the ships that called for supplies?

Answer 28

Takapūneke in Akaroa.

Question 29

The New Zealand Constitution Act in 1852 was passed in Great Britain and initially created how many provincial councils?

Answer 29

6

Question 30

The advent of Christianity was approached with great excitement by Māori and was facilitated largely by the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Where did the CMS set up their first mission station?

Answer 30

Rangihoua.

Question 31

Some Europeans who became part of a Māori community, married into chiefly families, learned te reo Māori and tikanga Māori, acted as interpreters and advised rangatira in trading relationships with Pākehā. What are they referred to as?

Answer 31

Pākehā-Māori.

Question 32

The newly formed New Zealand Parliament first met in 1854. Initially, voting rights were based on male property ownership and individual title of land. Why were many Māori not eligible to vote?

Answer 32

Most Māori did not have individual titles of land.