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WorksheetsBasic: The arrest, trial and execution of Māketu Wharetōtara
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
The first judicial execution took place .....
1839
1840
1842
1843
The person who was first officially executed was known as
Makoare
Moerewa
Maketū
Ruhe
Wharerahi and Rewa were signifcant rangatira in the Bay of Islands as they had both signed He Whakaputunga o Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene ( The Declaration of Independence) and Te Tiriti
True
False
Wharerahi and Rewa were leading figures of which hapū of Nga Puhi
Ngāi Tawake
Te Popoto
Ngāti Hine
Ngāti Hau
Elizabeth Roberton's husband died leaving her continue to run a small farm on island purchased from Wharerahi and Rewa. She employed which person to help her manage the farm
William Brind
Thomas Bull
Māketu Wharetōtara
Ocatvius Hadfield
Māketu allegedly struck Thomas Bull with an axe and turned on Elizabeth Roberton and the children
True
False
Isabella Brind, one of the children killed during the incident was the granddaughter of which rangatira.
Ruhe
Rewa
Rauparaha
Ruatara
Thomas Bull was cruel to Māketu.
True
False
The name of the island that Elizabeth Roberton and her two children lived on is called
Moturoa
Motuhuie
Motutapu
Motuarohia
The event caused fear amongst the local settler community because
hundreds of Māori from the area came together in one place to discuss the matter
the outnumbered settler community in the Bay of Islands believed that widespread conflict could erupt
Māketu was out of control
the three hundred Māori assembled refused to give Māketu up to the local British Authorities.
Ngā Puhi reaction to the killings was to seek utu for the death of Isaballa Brind.
True
False
The resolution of the rangatira at the 16 December 1841 hui to determine Māketu's fate included which of the following
That Māketu acted alone
the chiefs would not rise up against Pakeha in retaliation
That Māketu should not come back to the Bay of Islands
that they have sorry hearts that the pākeha thought they would rise up against them
The evidence presented to the court to establish Maketū's guilt was
circumstantial
obtained from eye witnesses to the crime
obtained illegally
based on his confession only
