Declaration of Independence in New Zealand

 In 1830 there were 100000 Māori and 200 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behaviour of the Whalers, the Missionaries’ desire to help protect Māori rights and the Musket Wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The Declaration of Independence was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.

One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like whalers. Since Whalers were at sea for a few months, when they would come back to Kororareka they would cause destruction. Whalers would drink loads at once which would lead to fights, prostitution and introduced diseases. The local Maori were concerned about the behaviour and Kororareka became known as a Hell Hole therefore a treaty was needed.

Missionaries and Maori had a good relationship between each other. Missionaries were concerned about Maori land being sold therefore they signed the treaty of independence to gain control of the sales. Musket wars were another issue that the missionaries had to worry about due to the amount of Maori being killed. Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. In order for wars to stop between Maori and Britain, missionaries wanted to begin trades with Europeans. 

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The musket wars are seen as an example of the fatal impact of contact with Europeans. Around 20000 people were speculated to be killed directly or indirectly. The first tribe to get the muskets were Nga Puhi.  Due to 20000 people being killed; tribal boundaries were constantly changing around. For the tribes that wanted/needed muskets they needed to increase their output of pigs and potatoes, this is because pigs and potatoes were used as currency to pay for the muskets. Despite Nga Puhi being one of the first tribes to have muskets Nga Whatua defeated them in battle with traditional weapons.

In Conclusion, a treaty was needed because of disorderly behaviour of the British whalers; missionaries were concerned about Maori land being sold and they needed the treaty to protect maori rights. Lastly they needed a treaty for the countless deaths caused by the musket wars and tribal boundaries constantly changing.

Still in the works

One Piece

 Today in Wananga we first had to read for 15 minutes. Instead of actually reading I decided to start my blog early so that when we've finished the book club we can go outside. For the bookclub I am going to talk about the Manga/Anime One Piece. If I were to do a summary on One Piece I would say that its about a teenage boy named Luffy whos dream/goal is to become the king of pirates; on his journey he goes from island to island and picks up members to be his crewmates. There are over 1000 chapters and the anime just made it to its 1000th episode. My favourite character has to be luffy and he emodies freedom pretty well. My second favourite strawhat would have to be zoro; this is because I like all his attack moves especially the 3 sword style, this is when he has one sword in his mouth and two in his hands

Reflection

 

Today in Wananga we read for around 15 minutes; I ended up reading the new chapter for Tokyo Revengers which was actually pretty good and one of the best that ive read in a while. The next chapter comes out in a week and this might be one of the last chapters till the series over. After that we had to sit and listen to Calebs NCEA speech for 3 minutes. In his speech he talked to us about the effects of cigarettes and why they should be permanently banned.  After I finish this reflection I should be able togo out and play basketball for the last few minutes.

Volcano

 Aim: To make a volcano that is similar to a real life volcano and make it erupt with elephant toothpaste.

Equipment: 

750 ml bottle

Paper

Scissors 

Glue

Food Colouring

Dish washing Liquid

Method: 

1. Stick a 750 ml bottle in the middle of the volcano.

2. Scrunch Pieces of paper around the water bottle.

3. Put glue on strips of paper and stick it around the scrunched pieces of paper.

4. After it is all layered you have to paint it over in the colour of your volcano.

Results: 

Our volcano turned out really good but we could have added more red food colouring and less yellow to make the elephant toothpaste look like lava.

Discussion:

How do volcanoes form?

Volcanoes form when one tectonic plate moves underneath the other, when enough magma builds up it forces its way to the surface and erupts.

Lava vs Magma?

Magma is molten rock underneath the surface and Lava is molten rock that it above the surface.

Conclusion:

Even though we started pretty late everything turned out good and I probably wouldn't change anything apart from adding more strips of paper onto the volcano.

Population of New Zealand 1836-1901

What does the graph show us?

This graph shows us how the population of Maori and Europeans changed over time.

Why do you think the number of Maori changed?

A lot of Maori people were introduced to new diseases such as measles and influenza. Maori were also killed.

Why do you think the number of Europeans changed?

The population for Europeans increased because more people traveled to New Zealand.

Pepaha

Ko toku maunga

Ko toku moana

Ko tou awa

Ko toku rohe

Ko toku iwi

Ko toku hapu

Ko toku ingoa

What is mana?

What is tapu?

What is utu?

How could these values cause conflict with Europeans?

How were these values different to Europeans values?

Climate Change

What is the greenhouse effect?

The greenhouse effect is when the suns heat reflects off of the earth but gets trapped by a thick layer of carbon dioxide and shines heats up the earth even more. 

What are 3 bad things/consequences of climate change?

1. Increased Heat

2.Rising sea levels

3.Melting glaciers

Whats a possible solution?

The most possible solution is to change our main energy sources to clean and renewable energy and this will stop the need to use fossil fuels.

What is the Paris agreement?

The Paris agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was made in 2015. Its goal is to reduce global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius