Treaty of Wiatangi

LI: To explore the world in 1840 and the art of the Treaty

This week we looked at the what the world was like in 1840. Did you know did you know that William Colenso helped write the treaty of waitangi and was there with william hobsons to help write it. After this we identified some of the key people and their role in the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. I found it interesting that Hone Heke was an influential Maori voice in favour of the Treaty of Waitangi, and was the first Maori chief to sign the Treaty in 1840.We then used the information from both of these activities to help us read a painting of the day the treaty was signed. We used our knowledge to infer what the artist Marcus King might have wanted us to think was happening. 

I found this really interesting because we learnt about what our contries history was and how we solved peace around New Zealand.