The Treaty of Waitangi

  The Treaty of Waitangi  

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by representatives of the Maori chiefs and the  European Crown. It was signed in a place called Waitangi which is in the Bay of Islands. The Europeans wanted control and mana over the the Maori land and they eventually sent William Hobson to announce British sovereignty over New Zealand.  After the Treaty was signed the Government wanted more land for the British settlers to live on. So there was a war between the Government and the Maori who wanted to retain their land. The Europeans developed their own administration that excluded the Maori, and by 1860 all of the South Island and ⅕ of the North Island was taken by the government or settlers. The Maori were not given any seats in Parliament, until the law changed in 1867 when the Maori were now included in Parliament but were only given 4 seats. By 1845 the Land Wars began, when the government sent British troops into the King Country to take their land by force.

The British Crown and settlers committed group sin against the Maori by dishonouring the Treaty of Waitangi. One example of this is the promise that was broken by the Europeans by not allowing the Maori to have ownership and control their lands and lives. Another example of this is the Execution and the detention of prisoners without trial which caused resentment and anger.

Christian people can restore tika (truth) and pono (justice) to the Treaty of Waitangi by learning the Maori language including teaching maori to students in schools. We could also increase the importance of Maori customs and culture, for example greeting each other with a hongi, removing shoes and respecting tapu when you enter a marae.  

Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

                                                     

Catholic Social Teaching Principals

Catholic Social Teaching Principles

My Praying Hands

This is my prayer to God about the life you have given me

My Personal Narritive

St Michael the Archangel

Hello my name is Michael, I am one of the Archangels of God. I Am the Guardian of the gates  of heaven, I fight off the devil himself  and his army of rebels who try to pry open the gates of heaven. But I defeat them with my golden sword and shield that was given to me by the mighty lord.

I was created with 3 other archangels, Gabriel, Raphael and Lucifer. Lucifer is not known anymore as  God’s most loyal archangel, he was very proud and had the desire to sit on God’s throne because he wanted to enjoy the worship that God gets, he is now known as “Satan” or the “devil”. My feast day  is on September 29th along with the other special angels that God made with me.  

My name means “ who is like god” I am so blessed that God gave me a name like this, it makes me feel so special.

St. Michael the Archangel

St. Michael the Archangel

Who is he: He is the guard of heaven, he fought off the devil and his army of rebels and threw them out of heaven.

When he lived: He lived about in the time of  14thcentury. His feast day is on the 29th of September along with the other archangels.

Where he was born: It is not known where Michael was born, therefore he was created by God.

What he did : In the Bible Michael is mentioned with  3 other archangels : Raphael, Gabriel, and Lucifer. Although Lucifer is not any more known as Gods special angel, he is known as a very very harmful man which people call “Satan”

When he died: No one knows when Michael the Archangel will die, or when he will die, to me he is known to have eternal life.

Writing Assesment

I stop , I suddenly stop staring at all the objects in the distance, like the fire coloured like bridge that caught my eye, the ferries that you barely see , and most specially the jizzing cars in the corner of my eyes.

Finally I look to see what is in front of me 2 young boys which are in swimming gear , one boy in denim shorts and the other in black shorts. They were sitting on a smooth white brick wall that goes all the way till north to south. I turn my head for a split second , and turned it back again and I promptly saw one of the boys in mid air spinning his hands around and around in circles.Right across from the other boy in mid air I saw another boy  he was just on the end of the brick wall, just about to dive in too. The look on the boys face looked scared, terrified, his face was flushed. I looked up to the sky a saw the beautiful fluffy white cotton like clouds, the clouds looked as if they were drawn on because they made different patterns. I got interrupted by the clashing wind and made me looked down at the sea. The wind created ripples in the water and made the sea go up and down, and in different directions. The wind also brought up the smell of the sea, it smelt very salty which almost made me faint.

As soon as I saw the boy jumped off the brick wall , I wondered in my mind what if the boy didn’t check where he was going to land , and landed his head on a huge rock. That could cause severe head injuries, and can possibly that could  lead to death.

Cirque Du Freak Book Review

Cirque Du Freak

Cirque Du Freak is (Circus of Freaks) in French. The story is about a boy named Darren who is so fascinated in spiders. When he was just a boy he got a tarantula for his birthday he was so happy, until he watched a cartoon that made him do something he would regret. As he grew older his friend got a flyer that he found in his brothers pocket, It was an event, the event is called Cirque Du Freak. As Darren and his friend Steve were skim scanning through the flyer they found that one of the freaks who were performing had a rare tarantula her name was Madame Octa. Suddenly Steve is in a fatal condition at the freak show and Darren is the only person who can save him, he needs help from someone special but she only deals in blood.