Early European contact

Pre-Treaty Views

This is an activity for individuals or groups to explore these questions:

How did the different parties get on?
What worked and didn’t work in the early relationships between Māori and the different tangata tiriti interest groups prior to the Treaty?

Instructions

The main objective is to identify features for each box on the worksheet. Some suggested ideas (the number in the right hand columns indicates how many different boxes it might fit):

The pre-Treaty diagram shows the parties to the relationship.
How and when did they become connected?

Feedback

We always appreciate feedback on our courses and any other aspects of what we do. Te Tai-awa as the host collects your feedback.

Thanks

We would not be able to do our work without the generous support of others. This year we are particularly appreciative of the following grants:

Lottery Community Sector Research Committee for supporting Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti
ASB Trust for supporting Treaty workshops for the public and for groups applying the Treaty
Lottery Environment & Heritage to digitise the reference library

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