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Tiaho mai rā

Hi Guys It's me again just want to get this out there so that people could see. Um just recently found this song and really loved this song so hope you enjoy it. these are just the lyrics but if you want to hear the song and sing along check out this girl sing it.  Enjoy Tiaho mai rā Te whetu o te ata Kopu i te ao, Pareārau i te pō Ka tu te ao marama he ao hara Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, E kore te aroha, E kaupare noa Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau. Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau. Tiaho mai rā Te whetu o te ata Kopu i te ao, Pareārau i te pō Ka tu he o marama he ahara Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau

Te Whiti o Rongomai

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How did Peaceful Maori leaders (Rua or Te whiti) deal with british/Pakeha colonisation? Te Whiti O Rongomai Te whiti o rongomai is a leader who is from Otaka pa. His mission in life was to lead the maori people into a spiritual afterlife, after all he was the first one to introduce the bible to the maori people. The three main points i will base on Te whiti was how he dealt with the colonisation and Migration of him and his family. At the time when the british people flooded into Aotearoa to find land and start life a new. This made the maori people worried about their land and their children. This even made the rangatira very angry because if they lose their land that will also mean losing their mana(Authority). Since Te whiti was converted into christianity he tried to make a deal with the british in order for them to keep their land and mana. But he was turned down, this even led to his property confiscated and his family and himself had to migrate south to find a place to
Hi people today I will be sharing with you my work I did for social studies that is based on why we needed a treaty. Here it is: Introduction My topic will be about why we needed a treaty. These are my three key ideas why we needed a treaty in the 1800. In that time 100,000 maoris and 200,000 europeans were living in New zealand. These are the main ideas i will be talking about. The behavior of the whalers, the ambition of the missionaries to help the maori, the musket war, trading, treaty of waitangi, and the maori lawless ways. The behavior of the Whalers In the early 1800’s whalers from london sailed the pacific seas hunting down whales, for they were used for oil. But these were only found in the territories of Aotearoa which in now know as new zealand. Back then once the whalers got what they came to hunt for they would come to shore where they would drink and get drunk, and lay with maori women. This was a worry for they maori chefs because this will set a bad examp