Treaty of Waitangi Discussion

In our discussion with Mrs Tofa we talked about the Treaty of Waitangi. The things we talked about was when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the 1840’s and the freedom that the Maoris wanted.  

We also talked about genocide. We also learned that genocide means when someone takes the lifes of a large amount of people from a certain nation or ethnic group.

Another thing we also found out was that they couldn’t speak Te Reo in schools because it was against the rules. 

We also talked about how their language was suppressed by force and how they were finally recognized in 1980 as a culture and how they finally had a voice. 

Another thing we also found out is that it took them 140 years to be recognized as a culture and 32 years later they're still fighting the system for retribution.