Why the Treaty of Declaration was needed - Social Studies

In 1830 there were 100,000 Māori and 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 need for the treaty is important because the whalers had caused a negitave impact on the māori. Once the whalers got back from mounts at a time spent out at sea, the behavior of the whalers was detrimental. There were around 200 whalers that arrived at the port of kororarika. They were oblivious to the law and caused trouble at Kororarika; Which is now known as Russell. The whalers were from various countries such as France, America, and Australia. Or though the majority of them were from Britain. The trouble they caused was a tremendous amount of fighting, prostitution, and even diseases. With all the havoc that was brought with the whalers, kororarika was named the hell hole. 

Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the Missionaries. The Missionaries went to kororarika to encourage their religion amongst the Maori, whilst being at kororarika the Missionaries connected with the Māori and had grown fond of them and the relationships they created. The Missionaries encouraged the enforcement of the treaty because of the relationships they had with the Māori and they held very strong opinions over the need for the treaty to be enforced. Their opinion had held a powerful toll on the creation of the treaty 

Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. The musket wars occurred in the 1800s, it killed too many of the Māori population; A fifth of the Māori population had been wiped out during the musket wars. The musket wars were due to the trading of muskets from the Nga Puhi tribe. With the muskets in motion, the smaller tribes lost land and the room to hunt which caused them to die from starvation. With the death caused by Muskets and starvation, the Māori population had gone down drastically. The whalers benefited from the death of the Māori as they gained more wealth. The Māori felt desperate to create more weapons such as muskets as their populating was decreasing.  

The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence.

Why was the treaty created? Fortunately, the treaty of independence was created to Maintain mana and sovereignty but only allowed New Zealand to trade with the British. The treaty was created to create peace and set rules so the British couldn’t take complete control of the country, with the treaty intact New Zealand became an independent country. With the treaty created there were more rights for the Māori instead of the imbalance of power the whalers had held. Trading with the whalers gave the Māori muskets and the whaler gained wealth from the trades. The first trade of muskets caused more Māori to get muskets so they were protected and that ended up in musket wars. 

In conclusion, a treaty was needed because the trades that caused the possession of muskets and musket wars needed to come to an end. This essay demonstrated the need for a treaty to create peace among a country and land. The whalers were taking the land for their own and the treaty was needed to stop that and to keep the Māori in possession of their own country and land. The Māori’s rights were being outlooked because of how many there were against the whalers. The country needed to be saved from the doom they were facing. That is why the treaty was needed and created. 

 

Writing Portfolio - English

My writing Portfolio will include creative writing from term 1, my Power Of One essay from term 3, Yellow Brick Road from term 3, and the lake essay from term 4.

Creative Writing 

The sent of seawater lingered through the air, The water crashed onto the surface and retreated back out to sea as the sand absorbed the last of the water. As I witnessed the sunshine and shimmer on the light blue ocean the seagulls squirmed and squealed to each other fighting over the few bits of food they could find, the sand pushed against me with the guidance of a gush of wind. An elegant rush of flavor hit my mouth.

A Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things also highlights the similarity between two things using words such as like or as.  

The sky is as blue as the ocean and the clouds are like waves.   

A Metaphor creates an implicit comparison.

A Metaphor you may hear quite often maybe There are more fish in the sea. 

Power Of One 

Throughout the Apartheid, much chaos was caused and unfair treatment was shown towards the South African people. In the film known as The Power of One directed by John Avildsen, one of the scenes included PK and Gideon Duma Jogging around Alexandria. As they ran throughout the town Pk found out more about Alexandria, some of which confused him and didn’t quite understand. This scene shows us around Alexandria, how poorly the black were treated and how much just one person's beliefs can be so strong and persuasive. The three techniques I will be going over and how those techniques create impact will be dialogue, atmosphere, and lighting. 

As they ran through Alexandria we realise how the people of Alexandria lived and see how cramped and enclosed the town was. We see kids running around, people scattered and bunched around the town, which is full of sound and music the children were making. Although we see how unfair they were treated we get to see the lively atmosphere in the town. Avildsen would’ve included this scene to show how the blacks were treated and how they had no freedom at all, also to bring sympathy among the audience towards the people of Alexandria. The kids did not have much knowledge of how to speak English and they were only allowed to learn enough to get a Job to survive not even enough to read the Apartheid signs declaring where they were and weren’t allowed to access. The director’s purpose of including this aspect in this film is to show how the English made these rules to retain all the power. As they ran closer to Johannesburg the building began to upgrade from what we saw in Alexandra. Once they arrived in Johannesburg they stopped running and you hear Gideon talk about beliefs to PK, the guards overhear and tell Gideon to watch what he says. Once again we see how the guards bring fear to the blacks and see how they had all the power whereas the blacks had none. This creates a reminder of who is in charge and that they have the upper hand unless something was done about it.   

As they start running PK sees a queue of people lining up. In a phase of confusion, he asks Gideon about it. Gideon informs Pk that for each two hundred people there is one assigned toilet. This begins to build more sympathy or even anger to the audience, we’re already thinking that they are treated poorly then we see the reality the south Africans face every day, and as we get more information that reality seems worse and worse. A mix of confusion and disgust appears on PK’s face once he was told, As they continue a few kids follow slowly behind till they get closer to Johannesburg where they part from PK Gideon. During the run, Pk and Gideon continue to talk about the unfair treatment and how Alexandria isn’t right, especially for the kids. Which they have no control over. They run past a parked bus with kids going in, Gideon says how only two percent of the population in Alexandria is allowed to be schooled and is only tough enough to get a job which is barely anything. By using dialogue the director has created more meaning and importance in the scene.

This scene is the second time we see Alexandria and this time we see the town in the light whilst last time it was dark and PK and Gideon were fighting with the people of Alexandria watching. With the light upon the town, we see how completely different the town is compared to the thoughts that the people from Johannesburg realize. In Alexandria, the lighting is quite faded and contaminated with all the dust making the town quite misty. As they approach Johannesburg we see the change in lighting, as PK and Gideon arrive we see that it is quite clear and the sky is blue and far less contaminated with the dust. Johannesburg is higher maintenance and made to be more prominent than Alexandria. As Gideon walks away after his conversation with PK we see a lady pull her children away in fear of Gideon.   

With each technique and aspect there is purpose and meaning, whether it is to create a mood to paint a picture, set a scene. There are many things that individually create one of those aspects like angles, lighting, settings, attitude, costume, etc. Directors use many of those, sometimes to toy with the audience's emotions to keep them intrigued. In The Power of One, there are ongoing twists and tense moments like when one of the black races is around the guards the fear that something unfair will happen for no reason to the blacks is a quite common occurrence. We notice the way things are from PK and the black’s point of view, therefore, getting an insight into the unfair treatment they endured. This scene links to a film directed by Tom Tykwer, one of the scenes in this film Lola Rennt was running through the city she lives in. Whilst running she is followed by a tracking shot like it is used when PK and Gideon are running through Alexandria. 

The Yellow Brick Road

Witi Imimaera is a New Zealand author from Gisborne. 21 of his stories have been adapted to screen. From what I remember I haven't really heard the yellow brick road, so personally, it has no meaning to me. I predict that this story will be about a journey and people coming together to get through challenges     

The narrator believes that they are moving to Wellington because they will make lots of money there and be more wealthy in Wellington than they were in Waituhi. The narrator says "Wellington is where the money is" and also mentions that Waituhi is a different place because of the people. As they are in the car they are getting many dirty looks and it seems that Waituhi is a friendlier place. The dad tells uncle Sam that they are moving to Wellington because he wanted his children to have a better life than he did. Once they get closer to Wellington the narrator becomes doubtful, he thinks that they will become rice but has doubts about living there and wants reassurance. In comparison, the story shows how they are moving towards their dreams but realizes that it's not exactly what he thought at all.    

The Lake 

At the beginning of The Lake written by Ray Bradbury, Harrold stood on the shore of the lake left in shock and despair. Not long into the short story, we find out that a former female friend had drowned in the lake. Harrold was young but still was old enough to understand the concept of what had happened. Harrold was in disbelief, and with his unresolved feelings and with no closure Harrold held on to this pain deep down.

 

In “The lake” the relationship between Harold and the young girl, tally, they were best friends and Harrold had loved tally dearly. The feelings the Harrold had for Tally and the pain for her death were never resolved as the body was not found immediately and had taken a very very long time to be discovered therefore Harrold never got closer nor did he get to say goodbye to the very important girl in his life. A little later on in the story Harrold stood watching the waves collapse and watched as goosebumps appeared on his arms, was interrupted and brought out of his thoughts by his mother who wrapped him in a towel. At this point, the audience thinks it’s just a normal day and feels calm at the explanation of the lake Harrold was at.

Harrold walks down the shore of the lake slowly getting further and further away from his mother, Harrold yelled out totally “ Tally, Tally, oh Tally” soon after he built half a sandcastle in hope that if tally was somehow still around she’d built the second half as they would always do, as Harrold yelled for tally we find out of the tragedy. Tally had drowned out in the water, as the body wasn’t found for a long time Harrold didn’t want to believe that she was gone. He never had the chance to say goodbye or even to get the closure he needed. At the end of the story, we find Harrold back at the lake he had been at the beginning. This time he was accompanied by his wife. The familiar scenery brought back the feeling of despair Harrold held for his very close friend Tally. This would give the audience a feeling of deja vu and even a feeling of success for Harrold.

With the setting being the lake the feelings that had been pushed down in Harrold were showing and the un-resulted feeling he held for tally were all back like a fresh wound that he had to suffer through. Harrold left his wife and walked further down the lake as he had in the beginning; This time he saw a lifeguard pull a body out of the water, the body of his 12-year-old friend who he loved. Tally had been dead for around 10 years. Harrold walked to where the lifeguard had found her and when he approaches the spot he noticed a half-built sandcastle just as he had built at the beginning of the text. With all the feeling flowing in and the 12-year-old corpse, he had witnessed he walks back to Margret who he described as a “strang woman named Margret who was waiting for me smiling”. 

The beginning of this text affected the ending because once again Harrold was full of thoughts of Tally and his wife who he thought he loved was no longer an important thought or part of his life but instead, she was just a strange woman smiling at Harrold. The beginning and are very similar and linked through the setting and the feelings.  

NZ Population - Social Studies

This is a graph that shows us the population of Europeans and Maori from 1836 through to 1901. The European population shot up and passed the Maori by a lot. 

The Maori population was down by a lot due to diseases and conflict between the Maori and Europeans along with more and more people entering New Zealand.

With less Maori population there were fewer battles and conflicts between the two. 

  

Bucket hat - Textiles

In textiles recently we have been working on making a bucket hat. Before choosing our material we had to cut our templates out. Once we cut the templates out we then found the material we wanted and then folded the material and pinned it to the side the had the fold so we would get one cut-out piece of fabric. Once all of the pieces were cut out it was time to pin the top of the hate to the rim and start to sew. That is the part that I'm currently up to, whilst sewing there was a bit of a problem. the top was not lined up properly and I needed to unpick it, repin and resew it which is the part I need to do next.      

 

Commercial patterns

 In textiles we have been learning about commercial patterns. We were given a sheet of paper (or online) with words associated with sewing and we had to connect to photos of what the words are. Using another piece of paper we stuck down the photos and meanings.

    

How pearl button was kidnapped - English

Clothes in the 1850's for women were dresses that were bell shaped and supported with a crinoline petticoats underneath. In the 1920's the style was low wasted dresses and women were getting inspired by an actress Marlene Dietrich. Men wore a suit like outfit. The clothing was much more formal then the casual clothes people ware today. The majority of the time you would see people wearing hats.

  

One lady word a red dress and the other wore and green and yellow dress. They were both large dark women which were both wearing a pounamu. Pearl was a small white girl with curly yellow/golden hair. pearl was described to have perfect teeth. 

Pearl was in her garden playing. 

Pearl was asked if she wanted to go with the two ladies after the had spotted her playing with her gate and laughing at what they were saying. 

She went off with the ladies.

She trailed in a cart to see the sea.

Pearl and the ladies went to the beach and police come to take her home 

  

Passion project

 My goal today is to get everything sorted out and to know what we need to do for today and next period. What we really want is to get started on our project and start making rings and collecting our resources. previously we have been researching ideas and designs. We are going to make the rings by using hex nuts and filing the outside to make it smooth and to file the inside to make it fit our fingers. We have picked a few engraving we want to include in our rings. 

I am working with my friend Nathan, we are both currently working on filing our hex nuts. Our driving question is "how to make a ring?" We've had to file the inside to fit our finger and to make it comfortable to wear. So far the only equipment we have needed and used is a file and vice. When we get it to the right shape and thickness we want we are planning to use sand paper to smooth it out and get rid of some bumps and look presentable.