This article explains what the Treaty of Waitangi is, why it was needed, and what it says.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: British Empire, change, colonisation, compensation, governorship, Henry Williams, Hōne Heke land confiscation, migration, missionaries, New Zealand history, promises, protest, settlements, settlers, tino rangatiratanga, Titiri o Waitangi, treaties, Treaty of Waitangi, Waitangi Day, Waitangi Tribunal, William Hobson, whalers.