Social Studies: Treaty of Waitangi Essay

In 1830 there were 100,000 Māori and around 200 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behavior 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 behavior of some of the British Settlers like whalers. The treaty was created to enforce whalers to treat the Maori as their own so that nothing bad could happen such as slavery and prostitution. The whalers miss treated the younger Maori females because they got insanely intoxicated and then took their drunken rage towards the defenseless younger females. At one point in time, there could be over 200 whalers which would come back from their trips and directly disrespect the Maori. Since the whalers spent months out at sea they would have many things they would have missed out on while out there, so as soon as they got back all they did was everything they couldn’t. Due to the whalers coming back in this way they brought many issues back when they came back from their trips.

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. As more missionaries came alone they brought more life standards and their religion with them which started to make the Maori learn about religion and start to believe more about their own rights. The missionaries helped the Maori realize that they are apart of the lifestyle in New Zealand. Missionaries caused the Maori to change their ways and start to care more about themselves which then the Maori to stand up for themselves. Missionaries helped all the Maori learn and write their own language. Missionaries started to help the English learn their own language. As the Maori learned to hand write words, they learnt who to be a true group of people. So as the missionaries helped the Maori learn about the English / French culture, the Maori changed the way they lived.

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. 20,000 people were killed because of these muskets coming to New Zealand and the Maori fighting over the land that they thought they should have. This all happened between 1800 and 1899 which meant there was no medication to help the wounded or sick. As more muskets arrived, the Maori power changed. Maori started to gain and lose their land but as they lost the land they lost more and more people which meant that once the leaders came together everything stopped and more people didn’t have to die. If the treaty had come in faster there wouldn’t have been a war between different tribes and from tribes towards the English. As the muskets came alone the Maori history changed for the worst but then it all came back together to create the world we know of now. Muskets have been changing the Maori culture for years.

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence. Why was the declaration of independence was needed to gain control over New Zealand?. Interestingly, New Zealand got the declaration of independence to make everyone come together for the greater good of New Zealand. New Zealand had the declaration of independence put in place to make us friends with England but not being controlled. The declaration was put in place to stop other countries from raiding the Maori’s stuff and their personal belongings. With the declaration in place, the Maori had very little to worry about when it came to stealing and raids. The impact that the declaration had n the Maori culture was a massive part of New Zealand’s history. If New Zealand wasn’t an independent country, we wouldn’t be the amazing country we are today. This is New Zealand’s history.

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because New Zealand was having so many fights and wars. With the way New Zealand was before the treaty, New Zealand wouldn’t be the way it is today. I believe that without our treaty we would not be the New Zealand that we are today. New Zealand would still be at war and would still be fighting over basically everything.

market day

3 things that went well

Our group worked together very very well as we all made sure that each other was doing their job properly. We all had our own ideas and came together as a group to create those ideas and make those ideas correct and forwarding. Our ideas towards sales worked well when we all decide to work together and sell everything we had when we needed to.

3 things that didn't go so well

A part of our group's sales came from water balloons but we left the bags unattended and caused people to start stealing and creating their own product. We didn't get enough hot chips to sell as we ran out very fast. Our group didn't have any posters to put up anywhere so no one knew about our sales.

3 things you would change if done again.

We would add mode product and advertise more for our group so we can sell more. We could work on having more product to actually sell because we only had water balloons left at lunchtime so we lost profit. Our group could have been more watchful over all of our stuff so we never had anything stolen.

Greenhouse Effect

What is the greenhouse effect?
Earths atmosphere acts like a blanket around the Earth. In 1896 the chemist Svante Arrhenius suggested that carbon dioxide acts like the glass in a greenhouse which does not let heat out.

Effects of global warming?

Disease.
Higher temperatures and rainfall may mean tropical pests and diseases are able to survive and breed in New Zealand.

Weather patterns.
Global warming may lead to dramatic changes in regional and seasonal weather patterns. This may lead to more intense and more frequent storm events such as tropical cyclones.

Sea-level rise.
Rising sea levels would flood coastal towns and communities. New Zealand's ports would be swamped. Coastal railway routes and roads would be flooded

Rainfall
More frequent and intense winter rainfall is expected to increase the likelihood of flooding rivers, as well as flash flooding.

Agriculture
Changes in climate may affect the viabitily of crops in some areas. Crops that are typically grown only in the North Island may be able to be grown in the South Island.

What is the solution to climate change?
There are 2 solutions called Migration and Adaption. 

Migration is reducing and stabilising greenhouse gasses. Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of exercise. Explore the York Region Transit system and check out options for carpooling to work or school.
When you do drive, make sure your car is running efficiently. For example, keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps your budget, but it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Adaption is adapting to climate change that is already occurring. Humans need to adapt to the impacts of climate change, for instance through technological solutions such as coastal defences and changes in consumption habits. Humans are already adapting to climate change, and further adaptation efforts will be necessary during the coming decades. However, adaptation alone is not expected to be able to cope will all projected effects since the options diminish and the costs increase with rising temperatures.

Greta Thunberg

Her approach towards this issue can be taken as very aggressive but some people will take it as moving. To most people, she will be taking anger but the way she is approaching this is very effective towards others who have caused an issue in the world but then those people will not clean up their mess.  She is right that she should be in school learning about the future not fighting for her future.

What does the presenter suggest?
He suggests " the end of the world" isn't actually the "end" of the world and that this young child is rude, arrogant and should not be talking the kinda stuff she is.

How are children constructed?
They are being shown as rude and children and that children should not be apart of this issue. The presenter makes us feel like following her is the worst mistake we can make and that children do not need to be involving themselves into this sort of political issue.

What is the viewer's position?
After watching this, most people will have a negative approach to her due to the way that she is being shown off in this presentation.

English: Music videos

In this period we were watching music video which was directed towards a specific gender. I have learnt that most songs we listen to are very very derogative. Most of our songs go towards females but in an inappropriate way. Females are shown as very sexual people. They get projected as people who want to be open about everything.