10 Social Studies: New Zealand

Websites

• Timeline of Kiwi History, BBC 
• A History of New Zealand

  NZ Government website on the history of New Zealand

• Encounters - Europeans and Pacific Islanders

  Explores encounters between Europeans and Maori people in the early days of the colonisation of NZ

• New Zealand before the Treaty was signed

  Christchurch Library page. Insight into Maori society prior to colonisation and impacts of colonisation. Great links at bottom of the page.

• International Socialist Organisation - New Zealand Imperialism in the Pacific

  The International Socialist Organisation is a group of revolutionaries in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We are active in campaigns, protests, on campuses, and in the trade unions.

• International Socialist Organisation - A short History of New Zealand Imperialism

• Treaty of Waitangi

• Colonial Life in New Zealand

  National Library of NZ site. Links and artefacts to life in NZ in the Colonial period.

• A Critical Analysis of the impact of Colonisation on the Maori Language

  Thesis paper from Auckland University of Technology on the impact of colonisation on the Maori language.

Podcasts

• 19th century colonisation and race relations

• Maori population decline and land ownership

• Notions of Maori sovereignty

• Pakeha migration

• Make-up of 19th century migrants

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 1: Introduction

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 2: The Taranaki history

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 3: Wiremu Kingi

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 4: Confiscation

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 5: Sovereignty and transformation

• Don't mention the (Taranaki) war Part 6: Summary and questions

Video