How Maori Were Treated

Urmi's reading group have been learning to gather the main information on how the Maori were treated. 

Before the British came Maori was most commonly spoken in NZ. Maori people had no written language so instead they used symbols embroided in carvings. Te Reo Maori was spoken by Maori to express their identity and culture. 

Maori name most of the major cities and landscapes. NZ was mostly peaceful until the 19th century, when the British came and then Maori language started to die out. The English had to speak and learn Maori in order to trade with them. 

Maori had no immunity to illnesses brought into NZ by settlers that were common in Europe.  In the 1970's a rise of Maori declaring their identity's as warriors. 

Wiama school committee show that as early as 1883 Wiama school developed a policy forbidding parents and children to speak Maori. 

Maori was banned in schools and if you were caught you were either strapped or canned. Wiama school committee made a rule that no parents nor kids could speak Maori in the school grounds and if they were heard speaking Maori they would be moved out of sight before any kids would communicate.

My point of view:

The Maori would have felt really annoyed because their culture wasn't allowed basically. 

I think that the Maori were treated badly but they shouldn't be getting anything that we aren't because not all of us have been doing it. I certainly haven't! They shouldn't get Ihumatao because Fletcher's brought it first.