New Zealand might be a beautiful country with alot of sightseeing and culture but its housing and cost of living issues are an actual pain to live through on minimum wage.
I'd like to mention that a lot of grief and conflict between Maori and Europeans is due to the fact the Te Reo Maori and English versions of the initial treaty aren't one for one. There are many miss translations, these are still being dealt with to this day. Also early on Europeans where sold NZ land while in England, then when they arrive here they find a native tribe calling it home. Mainly because the Europeans understanding of land use and ownership was very different from the Maori. But also because those who sold the land didn't care much for the end result, they just wanted to sell as much land and make money off nothing, as they themselves didn't do much to gain the land.
Greed ! Land was sold without considering the next generation! Maori culture is EXACTLY the same today! . These issues will never be solved so its time us modern multicultural kiwis but all this rubbish in the bin ! .
I'd like to add more information here that came directly from the oral history of Moriori descendants as there appears to be some who don't know the true stories of the Moriori people. This is an essay I spent 4 hours writing into the wee hours after seeing some misinformed comments. Read if you'd like, cross-checking is encouraged and feel free to leave a comment below to share your thoughts! The Myth of Moriori: For generations the myth of our history has been that: New Zealand Mainland was home to a race of people called the Moriori and that they were a primitive and inferior people, with red hair and of Melanesian “stock”. They lived without war and lived in peace for hundreds of years. And that eventually, when Maori arrived, Moriori were slaughtered, cannibalised, and were forced out of New Zealand into the Chatham Islands. Maori are the reason that the first people of NZ are extinct. Paraphrasing from Maui Solomon: "The Moriori myth is powerfully ingrained in the psyche of New Zealanders because it provides a convenient justification for European migrants, to the colonisation of Maori in Aotearoa and their displacement from their lands. If Maori can do it to Moriori, then the British can do it to Maori.” Original Inhabitants of the Chatham Islands:
Moriori actually travelled directly from Eastern Polynesia and settled in the Chatham Islands. Then later waka from the East Coast of the North Island found people living there and then there were then two settlements that created a composite of people within the Chatham Islands. These great ancestors lived a pacifist lifestyle that followed the teachings of their tribal elder Nukunuku, where war was banned and peace was the forefront of their unique culture. The Maori Invasion: After hundreds of years of living in peace with one another... this all changed, because in 1835 two Maori tribes from Taranaki (Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama) invaded the Chatham Islands, killing around 300 of 2000 Moriori people, despite offerings of peaceful hospitality. Moriori did not fight back because of their strong pacifist beliefs, leaving them overrun by their invaders. The Maori tribes responsible, cannibalised, enslaved and forced, brutal labour upon Moriori, they took away their language and the right to marry or have children. Their slavery did not end until the late 1860's.
NZ Governments Failings & The Injustice: (Mainly sourced directly from Maui Solomon)
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and Moriori did not receive any recognition or relief of their slavery until long afterwards. Decades after the invasion, in 1862, Moriori elders pleaded in a letter to New Zealand's Governor George Grey to help them bring justice, emancipation and restoration of their land rights through the colonial government. And while things started to look hopeful, no help came their way. Instead, by the 1870's the Native Land Court, which proceeded, in just one week of sittings, awarded 98 percent of all the land on and around the Chatham Islands to, their enslavers, the Ngati Mutunga tribe. Ngati Tama, who had returned to their homes in Taranaki by 1868, didn’t make any claims to land. By 1870, a significant majority of Ngati Mutunga had also returned to their traditional home in Taranaki. Judge John Rogan, who had sat on the Taranaki courts in the mid-1860s and had “fixed ideas” before he even arrived on the island, presided over the court hearings. He determined that Moriori had been “conquered” by Maori and therefore had forfeited their right to practically all of their lands - even though, by 1870, Moriori outnumbered Maori living on the Rekohu (Chatham Islands). Judge Rogan paid no regard to the ancient custom of peace that Moriori had lived by on Rekohu (Chatham Islands) for many centuries, or to the fact that they had made a conscious decision, at a large gathering in early 1836, not to fight and kill the Maori invaders by way of retaliation. Many of the young men present at that meeting wanted to fight back but the leading elders forbade it. Moriori, having lost their lives, lands, liberty, and language - they were forbidden to speak their language by their captors - they were then subject to widespread slander and deliberate mythmaking by some historians and the education system. Throughout all this time, The Crown was aware of these crimes against Moriori, and still, they purposefully refused to intervene despite their obligations to protect Moriori as “British citizens”, as is guaranteed in Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Moriori Today: (Conclusion)
Over the past 40 or so years, Moriori have been gaining recognition and finally in 2020 received a deed of settlement from The Crown. The tribunal found that the Crown should pay Moriori compensation for the slavery they suffered under Maori during the mid-1800s. The terms include an agreed account of Moriori history; a Crown apology; the transfer of culturally significant land on Rekohu (Chatham Islands); and compensation to the tune of $18 million. The report also officially acknowledges and declares Moriori as the true tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands. Moriori are the indigenous peoples of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) and Rangihaute (Pitt Island), with their own unique language (70 percent surviving re Moriori differs from te reo Maori) history and traditions. 90 percent of Moriori live off Chatham Islands and their legacy continues through the following generations, mixed with other ethnicities and even have hokopapa/whakapapa/genealogy that connects them to the Ngati Mutunga tribe aswell. However, while this is a great triumph for Moriori people, there are still fights to be won and to this day they seek to fight for peace, justice and are looking to create a brighter future as tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands. Thanks for reading :) Edit: Grammar
@@xIII13-king not talking about maori talking about the people who were the predecessors to them who were called moreori or moiri ori or whatever idk the spelling.
@@-aid4084 @ßæł-aid Apologies I may not have clarifed this better in the earlier comment. Moriori were not predecessors of Maori people in New Zealand (Mainland) as there is no evidence to support this, nor is it depicted in Moriori oral history. Their ancestors were like two streams of people, one who came from East Polynesia to the Chatham Islands and then a later stream of Early-Maori settlers also moved to the Chatham Islands around the 1200's through to - roughly - the 1400s. These two settlements of people interrelated and developed a unique culture due to their isolation from Mainland Maori people. Moriori are not Maori people, because while scientifically and technically, they may have travelled during the same great migration from Eastern Polynesia and be related ancestrally to Maori, Moriori have officially been recognised as the second indigenous people and true Tangata Whenua of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, as of 2020.
This is cool. My dad straight up told me I was a direct descendant of Hone Heke, and I believed him because that's my family name, until I visited my great aunt for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she told me that his dad lied to him about that and we're actually non-direct descendants because mans had no surviving children LMFAO. When I was a kid I went around telling literally everyone I was Hone Heke's direct descendant for YEARS. Anyway I don't know why I said this. Thank you for your video. Peace out
Golden Bay is the name of the whole region from Farewell Spit to Taupo Point, and there's still a small bay within that region called Murderer's Bay that you can only reach by boat. It's a beautiful spot! My family almost got stranded there when a storm rolled in once, which is fitting i guess
Hi! As a New Zealander, this was well researched for the most part, but I do have some feedback: 1: Maori is pronounced with a trilled R 2: The plural form of Maori is still Maori 3: I noticed you pronounced Wharenui like Wharanui 4: The incident at Murderers bay had casualties on both sides, inflicted by both parties 5: In the Boyd massacre, the offenders were previously provoked in some way, and, when the Europeans wanted revenge, they attacked the wrong iwi, despite the offending iwi admitting to being the offenders 6: The Maori didn't sign the same treaty as the British, the Maori version allowed the Maori to keep sovereignty over Aotearoa, with the British having governance 7: The "purchasing" was very unfair a lot of the time, for example, one Marae was sold to the British by a fake owner, what's worse is that the British had the option to cross-check the owner but didn't, this happened frequently 8: In the New Zealand land confiscations, the British took land unfairly, unlawfully, and also took land from the few iwi who sided with them which was... interesting
All of these are very important points. Colonisation done messed things up and always provoked/instigated historical conflict between Māori and tauiwi (foreigners)
ruclips.net/video/Tc6yhfgv0H0/видео.html&ab_channel=RUclipsPEDIA well as a new Zealander, you should update yourself with nz history. the Maori werent the first and they were evil people
"You're doing so well at this party you didn't want to go to because I forced you to buy a western dress and learn english table manners. What's a dane? Probably uncivilised, like everything in your culture"
Big thing. The pakeha weren’t the best translators so a lot of the things in the English version didn’t carry through to the Maōri version. This is what caused a lot of feud and violence
This did not cause any feuds or violence. The Maori at the time were not a literate society but an oral one. They discussed the terms in great detail and understood the terms of the Treaty of Waitangi based on those discussions, which were relatively well recorded. They fully understood that they were giving up their sovereignty and what that meant. In recent years, revisionist Maori have tried to claim that a literal modern translation of the Maori version of the Treaty - despite the meanings of those words having changed since - should prevail over the understanding they had of the meaning of the time and even over the English version, which was the original. But that doesn't mean that they're right.
@@milesrout that's total BS reading and writing ability were skills that brought great Mana so many Māori sought out missionaries that could teach them. By this time all the Rangitira were able to read and wright or had trusted people who could read it to them. Some spoke English and some had even travelled to London and back like Hone Hika.
The fact that we were already a recognised country, United Tribes of NZ with a flag and anything else needed to be recognised as such is likely the biggest factor regarding the treaty. Te Whakaputanga is our founding document.
It is rather funny that a mini-documentary angled towards people outside of New Zealand has a comment section full of New Zealanders, and very few outsiders. I would generally be annoyed at someone who is not from New Zealand doing a video on NZ history, but there were no wrong facts, and at least you are Australian. Keep it up!
The man who performed the first transgender operation (Harold Gillies) was from New Zealand, he was a plastic surgeon in WW1. They also have the longest place name (84 letters)
For anyone curious, The Aotearoa History Show channel has done a great deep dive into our countries history from wayyyyy back in the day of the dino up until today. While this video does a good job of the major plot points and general history, there is much more to learn for those who are willing to do so!
According to the Maori elders there were already different groups of people here when Maori arrived. I regard Maori as invaders and conquerors like the Vikings.
I've been waiting for this video ever since I found your channel. Pronunciations were a bit off with some words but other than that it was overall a great video and Im incredibly happy to see a well rounded recounting of New Zealands history. As a side note Maori is pronounced more like mold-ie than mau-ri. People get in trouble but it usually doesn't matter as long as it is a genuine mistake rather than an intentional insult.
@@carrotisalie that is a better way to describe it, though I do feel like it is better and easier to try and get people to pronounce it in a more user friendly way.
0:37 imagine if the Moa and the giant Moa (yes there were two species) still existed to this day Also quick fun fact when both moas went extinct another animal that preyed on them went extinct as well (It was a giant eagle but I don’t remember it’s name sadly)
Good video bro. I'd just add in that Maori formed a recognised independent country called Niu Tireni or The United Tribes of NZ on October 28th 1835, with our own flag and ways of governance. Many Maori today still hold the Whakaputanga (declaration of independence) in high regard, often higher regard than the treaty
Ae Correct , The Treaty does not supercede He Whakaputanga O Te Rangatiratanga O Nu Tireni. But.......Te Tiriti or The Mandate Treaty on Dogskin Pelt Parchment Holds the 3 Sovereign Seals Of Queen Victoria, Hobson, 1st Taiopuru Waikato Tairea. Majority of all the Signatures Not just all northern Chiefs, although majority. Lastly Tino Rangatiratanga, Absolute Sovereignty !!! The Treaty or Pakeha version with only 40 or so Signatures and purposefully translates wrong to fit colonial narratives but became our constitution, Because the Mandate Treaty or Te Tiriti was signed on The Corporate Union Jack Flag upon the table which it was signed unbeknownst to them. Fell for a Amiralty Law trap/Flag etiquette , in which contract signed on a flag of the usurper / Captain becomes null and void.
as a kiwi i think its wonderful seeing people talk about our country. thank you for this, its important for people to stay educated. i believe it was done pretty well :o)
this is probably the best nz history video i’ve seen done by a non-kiwi! your pronunciation wasn’t perfect but so much better than other channels, well done 👍
This guy is great about a huge range of topics from all over the world. And he presents it all in one take. This Video is about The Storming of Gate Pah. ruclips.net/video/s6QhW5S8Gk4/видео.html
We've done alright at coming together as a country however since there are differences between the treaty and te tiriti, theres been existing conflict from the start which remains prevalent today because of our history
TLDR: Moriori were not there before the Māori. The Moriori are the native Polynesian people of Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Moriori originated from Māori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE. This was near the time of the shift from the archaic to classic Māori culture on the main islands of New Zealand. Oral tradition records multiple waves of migration to the Chatham Islands, starting in the 16th century. Over several centuries these settlers' culture diverged from mainland Māori, developing a distinctive language (which started as a dialect but gradually became only partially mutually intelligible with Māori), mythology, artistic expression and way of life. Currently there are around 700 people who identify as Moriori, most of whom no longer live on the Chatham Islands. During the late 19th century some prominent anthropologists mistakenly proposed that Moriori were pre-Māori settlers of mainland New Zealand, and possibly Melanesian in origin.
With the treaty of Waitangi or te tiriti o Waitangi, the 2 versions were very different, with the deal the māori agreed to being very different from what the British agreed to. There's contention about why this was, whether it was out of malicious intent or ignorance (most likely it was probably both). The necessity of te tiriti for Māori was caused by some "deals" made by the British especially the New Zealand Company/wakefield, that were at best very shady, and at worst downright stealing land (sidenote; the school I went to had houses I was in the Wakefield house. That being the Wakefield that stole Māori land, and also abducted an underage girl, with the intention to marry her). The oppression of the crown was crushing. A brave resistance movement grew led by 2 charismatic prophets Te Whiti Roingomai and Tohu Kākahi. They founded Parihaka, which is a settlement in the Taranaki region. Men would go out to land stolen from them and would plough it. For this peaceful defiance the men were forced into labor. When land inspectors came and planted pegs into the soil, they pulled them out and tore down walls that were being erected without their permission on their land. Then one day in 1881 years after the treaty was signed I might add, 1500 militia and armed members of the constabulary armed with riffles and backed by the British/NZ government invaded the village of Parihaka. They were met with children skipping and offered bread by the people of Parihaka. The people of Parihaka were not violent in any way, the same though cannot be said for the British invaders. They pillaged, destroyed, and raped. Te Whiti and Tohu were taken away, arrested. An official apology was not given until 2017
Just trying to got more eyes on this comment . I understand its intended to be a super-condensed video, but it really doesn't get across much of the colonial aspect of post-european settlement. In saying that, this is only something that most New Zealand Pakeha (people of european decent, like myself) have really had the opportunity in mainstream culture to learn about in the last decade or so, but hopefully that can spread out to the rest of the world as well :)
39 chiefs signed the English version and there's no evidence that Williams deliberately mistranslated 'sovereignty' in the Maori version. Also, to date Maori have received over TWO BILLION in Treaty settlements.
@@SD78 I may be mistaken about malicious intent, also 2 billions is pittance in respect to the sheer amount of land taken. Which from what I can gather was 1.3 million hectares, 1 hectare is equal to 10,000 square meters, meaning this many square meters 13000000000 square meters as of 2021 a square meter is of land in Aotearoa costs $2,436. You do maths. I also ask where you got the figure of 40 Rangatira who signed the English version.
The vast majority of land was LEGALLY sold to the Crown. The Treaty of Waitangi addresses the instances where land was ILLEGALLY sold or seized. The most basic Google search shows that 39 chiefs signed the English version.
@@SD78 I understand that however, that figure refers only to land confiscated, also there have been many unfair unjust "purchases". 2 billion, despite sounding like a large number, with respect to the land stolen is all but nothing .39 and 500 happen to be very different numbers.
apart from pronunciation, everything else seemed to add up just fine. thats also the first time ive heard about the reason we changed our capital to Wellington - cool stuff!
It's the third capital. First was Old Russell/Okiato (1840-41). Wellington was chosen as it was central and reduced the travel time for most of the Provincial Representatives
If anyone would like a more accurate and articulate version of NZ history, I suggest you look for the documentary Skeletons in the Cupboard by Gabi Plumm.....it will fry your brains and make you ask questions.
I’m a kiwi or a New Zealand citizen but you forget Colin Murdoch he invented the plastic needle so it could be thrown in the bin so we wouldn’t have a metal needle
He missed out all the trading years from 1770s onwards too 1835, lol coincidently and ironically Maori trade and Business was put into recess 5 years later in 1840. Heaps of missed out info, The Flag staff war ends in a draw and Tamaki Makarau becomes the emergency capital as Kororareka got sacked and Majority of Auckland Land was gifted and not sold in hopes of Ngati Whatua /Good Utu / Safety from Ngapuhi even though Ngati Whatua lost and retreated into Waikato 1825 - 1830 (Musket War Era last year's of). ....So so much more.
Geography Now did a quicker summary of the New Zealand history in their New Zealand episode so I wouldn't call this video "A Super Quick History of New Zealand". It would just be "A Quick History of New Zealand"
The British: *Take land from the Maori.* The Maori: "Bro, can you stop?" The British: "Ho there chap, you seem quite upset. Why don't we take some more land to let you cool off?" The Maori: "..." *>:(*
@@milesrout Buddy, they bought *some* land. They also drastically overvalued the price of said land. They also straight-up just confiscated some land. The Maori people initially didn't fully understand what selling land to Europeans even meant, they didn't have the same concepts of land ownership, so large amounts of land were 'sold' for dirt cheap.
@@milesrout Not all land was sold, in fact a hefty amount of Maori land it was confiscated by The Crown. Even the land that was "sold" to European Settlers, was incredibly underpriced and this was because Maori people didn't understand what "Selling Land" even meant. As the person earlier stated "They didn't have the same concepts of land ownership." because Maori people saw the world through a different worldly perspective, culture and belief system.
To be clear the Maori didn't eat anyone that's just what the pakeha(settlers) said and has been debated for a long time but if you ask me Maori didn't eat anyone before the pakeha came along so I think it's wrong. I'm kiwi btw (New Zealander/Maori)
there is also a story about a man named davy lowston there's a song about his story he was from the uk he was thrown in a boat going to Australia then it never came back they got rescued by a ship and got stranded in New Zealand and the story became a so ng by the USA bye;]
i think that about 80% of the people that watched this ether live or where born i new Zealand (me included) and the remaining 20% are being forced to watch this at school or maybe being shown this by a friend and the final possibility its just someone interested in us kiwi's
It’s a good video. However, a lot of how the wars begun are never mentioned and only the murders committed by Māori were mentioned. Which isn’t his fault, that information is a lot more streamlined than the murders the British committed. Especially the murder of a Māori chief when the British had first arrived. Then, the Māori tribe murdered everyone on the Boyd for revenge.
At first the Maori were hostile, but soon warmed up to the British settlers. On a side note, New Zealand had a history as remarkable as Australia. We love our Kiwi friends. Next country is the Central American nation torn apart by revolution and a controversial affair that hit the headlines in the 80s… Nicaragua! 🇳🇮
The fact that yoyu included a picture of of the Invercargill War Memorial made my day. Thats my home! The BNZ Bank on the corner is now a church that I went to youth group at!
New Zealand might be a beautiful country with alot of sightseeing and culture but its housing and cost of living issues are an actual pain to live through on minimum wage.
Yeah this. A weeks wage if you're in minimum or low e income, can be less than what you need to pay a weeks worth of rent in a lot of places.
Yeah tell me about it😒😔
it’s absolutely horrendous in auckland :((
as if NZ is the only place where house prices is out of control. Inflation rate globally is 8.6%. Nz is hovering around 6.7%
Minimum wage here is good but the cost of housing in a lot of the country negates it
I'd like to mention that a lot of grief and conflict between Maori and Europeans is due to the fact the Te Reo Maori and English versions of the initial treaty aren't one for one. There are many miss translations, these are still being dealt with to this day. Also early on Europeans where sold NZ land while in England, then when they arrive here they find a native tribe calling it home. Mainly because the Europeans understanding of land use and ownership was very different from the Maori. But also because those who sold the land didn't care much for the end result, they just wanted to sell as much land and make money off nothing, as they themselves didn't do much to gain the land.
The translation of the treaty was rushed and therefore some of the sentences and paragraphs did not make sense.
Ye sand alot of these translatoins favored the british
Greed ! Land was sold without considering the next generation! Maori culture is EXACTLY the same today! . These issues will never be solved so its time us modern multicultural kiwis but all this rubbish in the bin ! .
luckily in the court of law the maori version shall prevail
Theyd still be clubbing eachother outside wooden huts if it wasnt for the british
I'd like to add more information here that came directly from the oral history of Moriori descendants as there appears to be some who don't know the true stories of the Moriori people. This is an essay I spent 4 hours writing into the wee hours after seeing some misinformed comments. Read if you'd like, cross-checking is encouraged and feel free to leave a comment below to share your thoughts!
The Myth of Moriori:
For generations the myth of our history has been that: New Zealand Mainland was home to a race of people called the Moriori and that they were a primitive and inferior people, with red hair and of Melanesian “stock”. They lived without war and lived in peace for hundreds of years. And that eventually, when Maori arrived, Moriori were slaughtered, cannibalised, and were forced out of New Zealand into the Chatham Islands. Maori are the reason that the first people of NZ are extinct.
Paraphrasing from Maui Solomon:
"The Moriori myth is powerfully ingrained in the psyche of New Zealanders because it provides a convenient justification for European migrants, to the colonisation of Maori in Aotearoa and their displacement from their lands. If Maori can do it to Moriori, then the British can do it to Maori.”
Original Inhabitants of the Chatham Islands:
Moriori actually travelled directly from Eastern Polynesia and settled in the Chatham Islands. Then later waka from the East Coast of the North Island found people living there and then there were then two settlements that created a composite of people within the Chatham Islands. These great ancestors lived a pacifist lifestyle that followed the teachings of their tribal elder Nukunuku, where war was banned and peace was the forefront of their unique culture.
The Maori Invasion:
After hundreds of years of living in peace with one another... this all changed, because in 1835 two Maori tribes from Taranaki (Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama) invaded the Chatham Islands, killing around 300 of 2000 Moriori people, despite offerings of peaceful hospitality. Moriori did not fight back because of their strong pacifist beliefs, leaving them overrun by their invaders. The Maori tribes responsible, cannibalised, enslaved and forced, brutal labour upon Moriori, they took away their language and the right to marry or have children. Their slavery did not end until the late 1860's.
NZ Governments Failings & The Injustice:
(Mainly sourced directly from Maui Solomon)
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and Moriori did not receive any recognition or relief of their slavery until long afterwards. Decades after the invasion, in 1862, Moriori elders pleaded in a letter to New Zealand's Governor George Grey to help them bring justice, emancipation and restoration of their land rights through the colonial government. And while things started to look hopeful, no help came their way. Instead, by the 1870's the Native Land Court, which proceeded, in just one week of sittings, awarded 98 percent of all the land on and around the Chatham Islands to, their enslavers, the Ngati Mutunga tribe.
Ngati Tama, who had returned to their homes in Taranaki by 1868, didn’t make any claims to land. By 1870, a significant majority of Ngati Mutunga had also returned to their traditional home in Taranaki.
Judge John Rogan, who had sat on the Taranaki courts in the mid-1860s and had “fixed ideas” before he even arrived on the island, presided over the court hearings. He determined that Moriori had been “conquered” by Maori and therefore had forfeited their right to practically all of their lands - even though, by 1870, Moriori outnumbered Maori living on the Rekohu (Chatham Islands).
Judge Rogan paid no regard to the ancient custom of peace that Moriori had lived by on Rekohu (Chatham Islands) for many centuries, or to the fact that they had made a conscious decision, at a large gathering in early 1836, not to fight and kill the Maori invaders by way of retaliation. Many of the young men present at that meeting wanted to fight back but the leading elders forbade it.
Moriori, having lost their lives, lands, liberty, and language - they were forbidden to speak their language by their captors - they were then subject to widespread slander and deliberate mythmaking by some historians and the education system. Throughout all this time, The Crown was aware of these crimes against Moriori, and still, they purposefully refused to intervene despite their obligations to protect Moriori as “British citizens”, as is guaranteed in Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Moriori Today:
(Conclusion)
Over the past 40 or so years, Moriori have been gaining recognition and finally in 2020 received a deed of settlement from The Crown. The tribunal found that the Crown should pay Moriori compensation for the slavery they suffered under Maori during the mid-1800s. The terms include an agreed account of Moriori history; a Crown apology; the transfer of culturally significant land on Rekohu (Chatham Islands); and compensation to the tune of $18 million. The report also officially acknowledges and declares Moriori as the true tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands. Moriori are the indigenous peoples of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) and Rangihaute (Pitt Island), with their own unique language (70 percent surviving re Moriori differs from te reo Maori) history and traditions. 90 percent of Moriori live off Chatham Islands and their legacy continues through the following generations, mixed with other ethnicities and even have hokopapa/whakapapa/genealogy that connects them to the Ngati Mutunga tribe aswell. However, while this is a great triumph for Moriori people, there are still fights to be won and to this day they seek to fight for peace, justice and are looking to create a brighter future as tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands.
Thanks for reading :)
Edit: Grammar
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*maori
Thankyou
@@xIII13-king not talking about maori talking about the people who were the predecessors to them who were called moreori or moiri ori or whatever idk the spelling.
@@-aid4084 @ßæł-aid Apologies I may not have clarifed this better in the earlier comment. Moriori were not predecessors of Maori people in New Zealand (Mainland) as there is no evidence to support this, nor is it depicted in Moriori oral history. Their ancestors were like two streams of people, one who came from East Polynesia to the Chatham Islands and then a later stream of Early-Maori settlers also moved to the Chatham Islands around the 1200's through to - roughly - the 1400s. These two settlements of people interrelated and developed a unique culture due to their isolation from Mainland Maori people. Moriori are not Maori people, because while scientifically and technically, they may have travelled during the same great migration from Eastern Polynesia and be related ancestrally to Maori, Moriori have officially been recognised as the second indigenous people and true Tangata Whenua of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, as of 2020.
This is cool. My dad straight up told me I was a direct descendant of Hone Heke, and I believed him because that's my family name, until I visited my great aunt for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she told me that his dad lied to him about that and we're actually non-direct descendants because mans had no surviving children LMFAO. When I was a kid I went around telling literally everyone I was Hone Heke's direct descendant for YEARS. Anyway I don't know why I said this. Thank you for your video. Peace out
haha yup that sounds like home 🥰
That's a pity
Golden Bay is the name of the whole region from Farewell Spit to Taupo Point, and there's still a small bay within that region called Murderer's Bay that you can only reach by boat. It's a beautiful spot! My family almost got stranded there when a storm rolled in once, which is fitting i guess
Hi! As a New Zealander, this was well researched for the most part, but I do have some feedback:
1: Maori is pronounced with a trilled R
2: The plural form of Maori is still Maori
3: I noticed you pronounced Wharenui like Wharanui
4: The incident at Murderers bay had casualties on both sides, inflicted by both parties
5: In the Boyd massacre, the offenders were previously provoked in some way, and, when the Europeans wanted revenge, they attacked the wrong iwi, despite the offending iwi admitting to being the offenders
6: The Maori didn't sign the same treaty as the British, the Maori version allowed the Maori to keep sovereignty over Aotearoa, with the British having governance
7: The "purchasing" was very unfair a lot of the time, for example, one Marae was sold to the British by a fake owner, what's worse is that the British had the option to cross-check the owner but didn't, this happened frequently
8: In the New Zealand land confiscations, the British took land unfairly, unlawfully, and also took land from the few iwi who sided with them which was... interesting
All of these are very important points. Colonisation done messed things up and always provoked/instigated historical conflict between Māori and tauiwi (foreigners)
was just going to comment something like this!
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well as a new Zealander, you should update yourself with nz history. the Maori werent the first and they were evil people
"You're doing so well at this party you didn't want to go to because I forced you to buy a western dress and learn english table manners. What's a dane? Probably uncivilised, like everything in your culture"
@@nj.7325 *The Crown then proceeds to order a massacre on an innocent Taranaki village, because gold rush reasons.*
As a New Zealander, I am very satisfied with the detail you put in the video Well done!
me too :)
Yeah I like the video
As a New Zealander I feel the need to correct you so we don't look like idiots, you mean content.
I was hoping someone would say that
That's about as much NZ history as I learnt in the NZ school curriculum. Although I really hope that's improved since I left school
Ah yes. The high quality of life which may or may not include 2 million dollar shacks we call ‘2 bedroom 1 bath houses’.
godammit ur right
Big thing. The pakeha weren’t the best translators so a lot of the things in the English version didn’t carry through to the Maōri version. This is what caused a lot of feud and violence
This did not cause any feuds or violence. The Maori at the time were not a literate society but an oral one. They discussed the terms in great detail and understood the terms of the Treaty of Waitangi based on those discussions, which were relatively well recorded. They fully understood that they were giving up their sovereignty and what that meant. In recent years, revisionist Maori have tried to claim that a literal modern translation of the Maori version of the Treaty - despite the meanings of those words having changed since - should prevail over the understanding they had of the meaning of the time and even over the English version, which was the original. But that doesn't mean that they're right.
@@milesrout and may I have a source
@@milesrout that's total BS reading and writing ability were skills that brought great Mana so many Māori sought out missionaries that could teach them. By this time all the Rangitira were able to read and wright or had trusted people who could read it to them. Some spoke English and some had even travelled to London and back like Hone Hika.
The fact that we were already a recognised country, United Tribes of NZ with a flag and anything else needed to be recognised as such is likely the biggest factor regarding the treaty. Te Whakaputanga is our founding document.
@@milesrout the only revisionist here is you
It is rather funny that a mini-documentary angled towards people outside of New Zealand has a comment section full of New Zealanders, and very few outsiders. I would generally be annoyed at someone who is not from New Zealand doing a video on NZ history, but there were no wrong facts, and at least you are Australian. Keep it up!
The man who performed the first transgender operation (Harold Gillies) was from New Zealand, he was a plastic surgeon in WW1.
They also have the longest place name (84 letters)
Cries in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
For anyone curious, The Aotearoa History Show channel has done a great deep dive into our countries history from wayyyyy back in the day of the dino up until today.
While this video does a good job of the major plot points and general history, there is much more to learn for those who are willing to do so!
According to the Maori elders there were already different groups of people here when Maori arrived. I regard Maori as invaders and conquerors like the Vikings.
as a New Zealander (Kiwi) you perfected that accent at the beginning
I've been waiting for this video ever since I found your channel. Pronunciations were a bit off with some words but other than that it was overall a great video and Im incredibly happy to see a well rounded recounting of New Zealands history. As a side note Maori is pronounced more like mold-ie than mau-ri. People get in trouble but it usually doesn't matter as long as it is a genuine mistake rather than an intentional insult.
It's more like mow-ry but flick your tongue at the r
@@carrotisalie that is a better way to describe it, though I do feel like it is better and easier to try and get people to pronounce it in a more user friendly way.
@@shaejones2237 yeah you're right but I'm worried people might think it's pronounced mouldy 😂
@@carrotisalie 😂 personally mouldy sounds better than mari lol
@@shaejones2237 oh I just realized it only sounds like mouldy if you have a kiwi accent/say it fast
New Zealand is one of my favorite countries it’s such a peaceful and calm country with amazing nature
+kiwi bird (and the kakapo)
@KTDonald87 five schools were in lock down in Auckland today cause there was a gunman running around the area
@KTDonald87 I had a bomb at my school once but bomb squad came and disarmed it
@KTDonald87 yes they did pretty much right away
@@lonelycity8560 yeah I live here ! It almost never happens!! . Unlike most of the world !
@@trotgun1563 Don't care
0:37 imagine if the Moa and the giant Moa (yes there were two species) still existed to this day
Also quick fun fact when both moas went extinct another animal that preyed on them went extinct as well
(It was a giant eagle but I don’t remember it’s name sadly)
haasts eagle
@@Luca-jf9dk thanks for telling me
It was because of the haast eagle and other animals that hunted on sight that most New Zealand 'prey' birds are now flightless
There were 9 species of Moa, all of which went extinct
There were also other species of extinct birds that lived in New Zealand like the New Zealand laughing owl
Good video bro. I'd just add in that Maori formed a recognised independent country called Niu Tireni or The United Tribes of NZ on October 28th 1835, with our own flag and ways of governance. Many Maori today still hold the Whakaputanga (declaration of independence) in high regard, often higher regard than the treaty
Ae Correct , The Treaty does not supercede He Whakaputanga O Te Rangatiratanga O Nu Tireni. But.......Te Tiriti or The Mandate Treaty on Dogskin Pelt Parchment Holds the 3 Sovereign Seals Of Queen Victoria, Hobson, 1st Taiopuru Waikato Tairea. Majority of all the Signatures Not just all northern Chiefs, although majority. Lastly Tino Rangatiratanga, Absolute Sovereignty !!! The Treaty or Pakeha version with only 40 or so Signatures and purposefully translates wrong to fit colonial narratives but became our constitution, Because the Mandate Treaty or Te Tiriti was signed on The Corporate Union Jack Flag upon the table which it was signed unbeknownst to them. Fell for a Amiralty Law trap/Flag etiquette , in which contract signed on a flag of the usurper / Captain becomes null and void.
Thank you so much for actually doing research and for all the history you covered
Thank you for this awesome video, love from NZ! :)
I found out the other day that The actor who plays Homelander in the boys is also a kiwi
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!!!!
What, no Homelander on your 'movie star' bit? :) Nice video bro.
As a New Zealander house prices have gotten crazy my family’s house was originally 300,000$ now it’s 800,000$
as a kiwi i think its wonderful seeing people talk about our country.
thank you for this, its important for people to stay educated.
i believe it was done pretty well :o)
Ye
As a New Zealander this video was fantastic, well done mate! Easily the best country in the world. Cheers for making this video and keep it up!
obviously live with your head in the sand, buried.
this is probably the best nz history video i’ve seen done by a non-kiwi! your pronunciation wasn’t perfect but so much better than other channels, well done 👍
This guy is great about a huge range of topics from all over the world.
And he presents it all in one take.
This Video is about The Storming of Gate Pah.
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Can't afford a house.. or food.. but at least the scenery is nice.
Imagine what a pain it would be filling in forms if you lived on that hill!
What about the first people to settle New Zealand before the Māori people arrived?
victims of Genocide... which the Maori now deny.
@@louisavondart9178 *Canibilism
Fun fact : I worked at the place where the picture of the man and the merino sheep was taken . its called the agrodome and still operates today
Nice
We've done alright at coming together as a country however since there are differences between the treaty and te tiriti, theres been existing conflict from the start which remains prevalent today because of our history
as A Kiwi myself i've gotta say you've got this spot on
according to your limited knowledge.
@@now591 well yeah i was out of school from 10 and only just cam back 5 years later so
nor did i really care for history this just showed up in recommend
Thanks for making a history of my home country
From the get go you wer incorrect the moriori are the first inhabitants on new zealand and got killed of by the maori when they landed.
Excellent as always!
Chur bro. Have to buy you a beer when youre in my home next 😁🍺 love New Zealand ❤️
You forgot the Mori-ori, there before Maori
TLDR: Moriori were not there before the Māori.
The Moriori are the native Polynesian people of Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Moriori originated from Māori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE. This was near the time of the shift from the archaic to classic Māori culture on the main islands of New Zealand. Oral tradition records multiple waves of migration to the Chatham Islands, starting in the 16th century. Over several centuries these settlers' culture diverged from mainland Māori, developing a distinctive language (which started as a dialect but gradually became only partially mutually intelligible with Māori), mythology, artistic expression and way of life. Currently there are around 700 people who identify as Moriori, most of whom no longer live on the Chatham Islands. During the late 19th century some prominent anthropologists mistakenly proposed that Moriori were pre-Māori settlers of mainland New Zealand, and possibly Melanesian in origin.
With the treaty of Waitangi or te tiriti o Waitangi, the 2 versions were very different, with the deal the māori agreed to being very different from what the British agreed to. There's contention about why this was, whether it was out of malicious intent or ignorance (most likely it was probably both). The necessity of te tiriti for Māori was caused by some "deals" made by the British especially the New Zealand Company/wakefield, that were at best very shady, and at worst downright stealing land (sidenote; the school I went to had houses I was in the Wakefield house. That being the Wakefield that stole Māori land, and also abducted an underage girl, with the intention to marry her). The oppression of the crown was crushing. A brave resistance movement grew led by 2 charismatic prophets Te Whiti Roingomai and Tohu Kākahi. They founded Parihaka, which is a settlement in the Taranaki region. Men would go out to land stolen from them and would plough it. For this peaceful defiance the men were forced into labor. When land inspectors came and planted pegs into the soil, they pulled them out and tore down walls that were being erected without their permission on their land. Then one day in 1881 years after the treaty was signed I might add, 1500 militia and armed members of the constabulary armed with riffles and backed by the British/NZ government invaded the village of Parihaka. They were met with children skipping and offered bread by the people of Parihaka. The people of Parihaka were not violent in any way, the same though cannot be said for the British invaders. They pillaged, destroyed, and raped. Te Whiti and Tohu were taken away, arrested. An official apology was not given until 2017
Just trying to got more eyes on this comment . I understand its intended to be a super-condensed video, but it really doesn't get across much of the colonial aspect of post-european settlement. In saying that, this is only something that most New Zealand Pakeha (people of european decent, like myself) have really had the opportunity in mainstream culture to learn about in the last decade or so, but hopefully that can spread out to the rest of the world as well :)
39 chiefs signed the English version and there's no evidence that Williams deliberately mistranslated 'sovereignty' in the Maori version.
Also, to date Maori have received over TWO BILLION in Treaty settlements.
@@SD78 I may be mistaken about malicious intent, also 2 billions is pittance in respect to the sheer amount of land taken. Which from what I can gather was 1.3 million hectares, 1 hectare is equal to 10,000 square meters, meaning this many square meters 13000000000 square meters as of 2021 a square meter is of land in Aotearoa costs $2,436. You do maths. I also ask where you got the figure of 40 Rangatira who signed the English version.
The vast majority of land was LEGALLY sold to the Crown. The Treaty of Waitangi addresses the instances where land was ILLEGALLY sold or seized.
The most basic Google search shows that 39 chiefs signed the English version.
@@SD78 I understand that however, that figure refers only to land confiscated, also there have been many unfair unjust "purchases". 2 billion, despite sounding like a large number, with respect to the land stolen is all but nothing .39 and 500 happen to be very different numbers.
Pretty good a bit more detail on the Taranaki land wars and taking of land from Māori would have been good
why is every treaty always a scam 💀💀💀💀💀
Idk
Awesome video again 🙌🔥
apart from pronunciation, everything else seemed to add up just fine. thats also the first time ive heard about the reason we changed our capital to Wellington - cool stuff!
It's the third capital. First was Old Russell/Okiato (1840-41).
Wellington was chosen as it was central and reduced the travel time for most of the Provincial Representatives
@@stephenlitten1789 thats right, we ought to know more about new zealand history as a country eh, we hardly did any at highschool :/
@@stephenlitten1789 good on you tho, thanks for sharing :D
At least he did okay on Whare Nui. Really dont like mispronunciations of Maori though. Reminds me of my super racist childhood friends.
Wonderful video! Love it!
Top notch mate
Research Parihaka and the 1881 invasion for a more accurate depiction of the history of 'New Zealand' and how it become the place it is today.
You skipped any reference to the Mori Ori.
If anyone would like a more accurate and articulate version of NZ history, I suggest you look for the documentary Skeletons in the Cupboard by Gabi Plumm.....it will fry your brains and make you ask questions.
if you can find it. The govt. has done it's best to cover it up and discredit the series.
@@louisavondart9178 good
STOP WHY DID IT START WITH THAT IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD😭😭
What country is coming next
I’m a kiwi or a New Zealand citizen but you forget Colin Murdoch he invented the plastic needle so it could be thrown in the bin so we wouldn’t have a metal needle
As a kiwi I like the level of detail in this
And there you have it..any idea where it all went wrong 🤔✌️
I have to say as a new Zealander you thought this better than the education system
He forgot to mention our non existent interest rates, our ballooning inflation rates and our laughable education system
i am nz and good to see people see us as a county
and remenber about the ANZACS it stands for Australian New Zealand Army Corps
Aswell as murderers bay we also have cape kidnappers the difference is one still has that name
Great video.
Just curious that you passed over the independence in the 1830's
He missed out all the trading years from 1770s onwards too 1835, lol coincidently and ironically Maori trade and Business was put into recess 5 years later in 1840. Heaps of missed out info, The Flag staff war ends in a draw and Tamaki Makarau becomes the emergency capital as Kororareka got sacked and Majority of Auckland Land was gifted and not sold in hopes of Ngati Whatua /Good Utu / Safety from Ngapuhi even though Ngati Whatua lost and retreated into Waikato 1825 - 1830 (Musket War Era last year's of). ....So so much more.
Love the hobbit hole you added.
Nice video
YEAAAAAAAA NEW ZEALANDE WOOOOOOOOO btw that Haka I never heard in ages far out I like this guy
I am indeed from New Zealand so I have gone threw alot of it's history in school and I can say you did a good job explaining it 😊👍
Ouch, I didn't know about the cannibalism.
There's a town here named Kaitangata...Kai means food and tangata means people 😅😅
@@thelaurax60 Might cross that out of the travel list. Following this video I bought a book called "This horrid practice ".
Cannibalism, slavery , infanticide, and utu (revenge killings) -constant tribal wars.
My lovely country you and Geography Now are the best
0:40 “these little things” are in fact the kiwi bird, the icon of Aotearoa. 🇳🇿
He was being sarcastic
*New Zealand
Bro you know more about NZ history than about 90 percent of the population here lol
Geography Now did a quicker summary of the New Zealand history in their New Zealand episode so I wouldn't call this video "A Super Quick History of New Zealand". It would just be "A Quick History of New Zealand"
Also the latency to game servers usually sucks
Great video but I have watched a few videos which show evidence of pre Moari peoples long before 1200s. Possibly Celtic
@@now591 ye
Kiwi has came
The British: *Take land from the Maori.*
The Maori: "Bro, can you stop?"
The British: "Ho there chap, you seem quite upset. Why don't we take some more land to let you cool off?"
The Maori: "..." *>:(*
land ain't the only thing they were stealing... hasn't stopped either.
They didn't steal anything. They bought the land.
@@milesrout they're STILL stealing land numbnuts
@@milesrout Buddy, they bought *some* land. They also drastically overvalued the price of said land. They also straight-up just confiscated some land. The Maori people initially didn't fully understand what selling land to Europeans even meant, they didn't have the same concepts of land ownership, so large amounts of land were 'sold' for dirt cheap.
@@milesrout Not all land was sold, in fact a hefty amount of Maori land it was confiscated by The Crown. Even the land that was "sold" to European Settlers, was incredibly underpriced and this was because Maori people didn't understand what "Selling Land" even meant. As the person earlier stated "They didn't have the same concepts of land ownership." because Maori people saw the world through a different worldly perspective, culture and belief system.
This is new Zealand bro let's have a look cuz. I laughed so hard my bro u actually sound like my south African mate who lives here in nz lmao
Mr history can you do history of Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Oh that would be interesting
To be clear the Maori didn't eat anyone that's just what the pakeha(settlers) said and has been debated for a long time but if you ask me Maori didn't eat anyone before the pakeha came along so I think it's wrong.
I'm kiwi btw
(New Zealander/Maori)
You damn Maori Cannibals, jk I'm also kiwi.
Yeah Ofcourse..We have to distort history beacuse of political correctness and stop hurting the feelings of maori settlers..
there is also a story about a man named davy lowston there's a song about his story he was from the uk he was thrown in a boat going to Australia then it never came back they got rescued by a ship and got stranded in New Zealand and the story became a so ng by the USA bye;]
i think that about 80% of the people that watched this ether live or where born i new Zealand (me included) and the remaining 20% are being forced to watch this at school or maybe being shown this by a friend and the final possibility its just someone interested in us kiwi's
It’s a good video. However, a lot of how the wars begun are never mentioned and only the murders committed by Māori were mentioned. Which isn’t his fault, that information is a lot more streamlined than the murders the British committed. Especially the murder of a Māori chief when the British had first arrived. Then, the Māori tribe murdered everyone on the Boyd for revenge.
I always loved New Zealand, because it was suitable for filming like Power Rangers, Pete’s Dragon, Lord of the Rings, etc. 😊
Weren't the moriori here first??
nice to know!
New Zealand is actually on its own Continent. Called Zealandia
What nonsense. NZ is 2 islands.
@@now591 you're telling me, that you can make RUclips comments but not go and check for yourself ?
that is some big brain shit right there 👍🏻
@@now591 New Zealand and the islands that govern it are whats visible of Zealandia, which is mostly underwater now. Cut your bullshit partner.
bro what lol
He conveniently only starts New Zealand's history at the point when the Polynesians arrived. What about those here before them, which there were.
Cope.
@@PBT199 L
This is awesome but I went to school in nz and I knew all of this
And those birds are named kiwi
No reference to sheep?
Compared to the rest of the world, NZ's history is literally 4:07 long
look into the assassination cove for first visits
yeah sounds about right XD, solid video
That accent is so funny
love from jabalpur
At first the Maori were hostile, but soon warmed up to the British settlers. On a side note, New Zealand had a history as remarkable as Australia. We love our Kiwi friends.
Next country is the Central American nation torn apart by revolution and a controversial affair that hit the headlines in the 80s… Nicaragua! 🇳🇮
"Warmed up to the brittish"
Lol I am sure it went down like that... 🙄
Uuhhhhh yeah "warmed up" isn't the wording I would use but ok.
The British also were hostile to Maori
@@armwrestlingfan6804 Yeah, the British were very hostile to Maori also
Oh yeah because the British weren’t hostile at all were they ?
Fun fact: Julius Vogel was Jewish. To this day, he is the only practicing Jewish head of state of an English-speaking country.
I live in New Zealand 🇳🇿 😍 ❤ ♥ 💕 💓 🇳🇿 😍 ❤ ♥ 💕 💓 🇳🇿
New Zealand is also a great friend of the USA! Served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Thank you, New Zealand!!
We can do more than just fight in your wars, you know... We're slowly taking over Hollywood as we speak, shhh...
I am a well new zealender and i only new like half of that but most of it was true i think
For the proper pronunciation of Maori
The r rolls so it sounds very similar to when you would say “mouldy bread” just don’t emphasise the y to much.
The fact that yoyu included a picture of of the Invercargill War Memorial made my day. Thats my home! The BNZ Bank on the corner is now a church that I went to youth group at!
Woo ... Invercargill at 3:31
Nice job I was ready to type bad comment but everything is accurate