The early contact period between Maori and Pakeha 1769-1840 is highly significant to New Zealand because as Michael King states, ‘All these early encounters between Maori and European... contained seeds for future patterns of racial and cultural relations in New Zealand. In this way King is saying that this period of Early Contact essentially defined the relationship between Maori and Pakeha, and instructs our relationship as New Zealanders today. The cultural and racial landscape of New Zealand both in the latter 19th and 20th centuries as well as today has been defined by the way in which Maori and Pakeha interacted in the Early Contact period and the impact which this interaction had on both parties, but particularly Maori.
Prior to 1800 …show more content…
Due to the increasing demand for resources that New Zealand could supply this introduced traders, whalers and sealers into the country. Pakeha needed to remain on good terms with Maori, if they were to trade valuable resources such as Kauri spars, flax, seal skins and whale oil. This was achieved through intermediaries who bridged the gap between two cultures, these were usually Pakeha-Maori who were married into a tribe. In return for these resources Maori received new crops such as potatoes and pigs and new agricultural tools such as nails and fish hooks. Therefore economic contact can be seen as one of the changes as Maori were ‘enthusiastic’ to trade with Pakeha and were selecting aspects of Pakeha culture to improve and incorporate into their …show more content…
As a result of trading opportunities Maori tribes decided to move to contact areas in order to gain the economic benefits. Tribes moved to areas such as Te Arawa, Tuhoe to the East Coast of the North Island. Another consequence was that in order to not interrupt trade or opportunities some breaking of Tapu was allowed. Due to new crops through trade Maori were also introduced to a new diet. Therefore as a result of consequences of economic contact, there was a significant impact on Maori people in New Zealand that showed change. Maori actively chose to move to contact areas and break tapu due to their enthusiasm to trade with
Prior to 1800 …show more content…
Due to the increasing demand for resources that New Zealand could supply this introduced traders, whalers and sealers into the country. Pakeha needed to remain on good terms with Maori, if they were to trade valuable resources such as Kauri spars, flax, seal skins and whale oil. This was achieved through intermediaries who bridged the gap between two cultures, these were usually Pakeha-Maori who were married into a tribe. In return for these resources Maori received new crops such as potatoes and pigs and new agricultural tools such as nails and fish hooks. Therefore economic contact can be seen as one of the changes as Maori were ‘enthusiastic’ to trade with Pakeha and were selecting aspects of Pakeha culture to improve and incorporate into their …show more content…
As a result of trading opportunities Maori tribes decided to move to contact areas in order to gain the economic benefits. Tribes moved to areas such as Te Arawa, Tuhoe to the East Coast of the North Island. Another consequence was that in order to not interrupt trade or opportunities some breaking of Tapu was allowed. Due to new crops through trade Maori were also introduced to a new diet. Therefore as a result of consequences of economic contact, there was a significant impact on Maori people in New Zealand that showed change. Maori actively chose to move to contact areas and break tapu due to their enthusiasm to trade with