Te Tiriti o Waitangi Worksheet (Grade 5)
Free printable Te Tiriti o Waitangi worksheet for Grade 5. Students answer factual questions about the 1840 signing at Waitangi, the Māori and English texts, and the Waitangi Tribunal.
Grade 5 · History worksheet
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Read each question about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi, and write your answer on the line.
- 1.Do the Māori and English texts say exactly the same thing?
- 2.On what date was Te Tiriti o Waitangi first signed?
- 3.Which text did nearly all the rangatira sign?
- 4.What body was created in 1975 to investigate claims that the Crown has breached the treaty?
- 5.Where was Te Tiriti o Waitangi first signed?
- 6.About how many rangatira had signed by the end of the signing meetings in 1840?
- 7.What public holiday marks the first signing each year?
- 8.In the Māori text, what did the rangatira keep?
- 9.Who made the agreement with the Māori rangatira?
- 10.In which two languages was the treaty written?
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- NZ History: The Treaty in brief — supports the 6 February 1840 signing at Waitangi, the roughly 40 signatures that day and about 540 across 1840, nearly all on the Māori text
- NZ History: Differences between the texts — explains that the English text ceded sovereignty while the Māori text used kāwanatanga and guaranteed tino rangatiratanga, so the two texts differ
- Waitangi Tribunal: Māori and English texts — the official body confirming the texts differ, and documenting the Tribunal's 1975 creation to investigate Crown breaches