TE TIRITI O WAITANGI – a story from history
August 26, 2008
On the day we fought the Europeans, on the island east of the North Island, the chief told us to take him and thirty-two warriors to go to the South Island. The reason is so that the chief and the warriors had time to treat their wounds and to train. Forty-four minutes later the Europeans arrived.
The Europeans went for the injured first so the chief and I protected them. We killed nineteen of them but they tricked us with a sneak attack and they got us from behind. Then they ran away back to WHAREKAURI. We got into the fastest WAKA we had and chased them down. Eventually they gave up and said ‘we own this land but you can have some but you have to sign the Maori Treaty of Waitangi.’….
To Be Continued! Stay tuned for the next installment…
WRITTEN BY THE CHIEF AND SHANE – DOUGLAS SWAN!!!
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lynp | August 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I’m looking forward to the next instalment. Did they sign the Treaty? I wonder if the fighting stopped?
Mrs P
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Mrs T | October 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Wow – this was a really interesting piece of writing. At first I thought it was an information report, but then I realised it was an imaginative recount. Very cool. I also liked the way you added a picture to illustrate your story. Well done!