Ngā Pakanga O Aotearoa. O'Malley

The Waitara block of land is also known as:

• Pekapeka 

• Te Kohia 

• Tataraimaka

• Puketakuere

The beginning of the 1850s looked promising for Māori because:

• Grey’s governorship was hailed as an outstanding success

• Māori communities prospered economically supplying crucial produce and labour to settler towns

• Māori and economic success was contributing a significant portion to the Crown’s revenue through taxes.

• All of the above

Pākeha belief that Māori were inferior was not matched by the reality in New Zealand, thus reinforcing Pakeha resentment of Māori.

• True

• False

The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, and self rule following two years later was politically beneficial for Māori.

• True

• False

The New Plymouth settlers

• had long coveted land at Waitara

• had found it easy to acquire more land in the area

• Got on well with the Te Ātiawa Puketapu hapu

In March 1859, Te Teira Manuka offered Governor Thomas Gore Browne land for sale because:

• He needed the money

• It was a continuation of the feud with the Puketapu Te Ātiawa hapu from 1854

• He had fallen out with Te Rangitake Wiremu Kingi

• It was an act of utu, bringing back balance for his loss of mana when Kingi vetoed a marriage

Gore Browne’s view that Kingi did not have customary claim to the land, and no right to veto the sale at Waitara was based on:

• Overwhelming evidence to support that view

• His erroneous belief that Kingi was part of a Māori Land league

• His reliance on Donald Maclean’s advice

Which statement best sums up Vincent O’Malley’s perspective of the Waitara Purchase?

• Waitara was more than a land dispute; it was a question of sovereignty and rangatiratanga.

• The Waitara land dispute quickly escalated becoming much bigger than the 600 acres of land

• At stake was the matter of whose authority would prevail

• Waitara was eventually returned and Kingi's mana was returned

Gore Browne declared martial law on:

• 22 February 1860

• 17 March 1860

• 28 March 1860

• 27 June 1860

War returned to Taranaki because:

• Settlers were upset when Waitara was returned to Te Ātiawa

• Soldiers from the 57th Regiment took forcible possession of the Tātairamaka block

• Taking the Tātairamaka block at gunpoint before handing back Waitara was considered resumption (restarting of war)

• The Ōakura ambush. in retaliation for the taking of the Tātairamaka block, was considered treacherous and settlers wanted revenge