8. At the referendum of 1999, Australians decided whether they wanted to become a republic or not. 55% were against the idea. 9. The native people of Australia are the Aborigines and they live in every state but mostly in remote areas. New Zealand 1. The two large islands of New Zealand are the North Island (a lot of volcanoes) and The South Island (Alps, Mount Cook, and Fjord land). 2. The Native people of New Zealand are known as Maoris. They originate from Polynesian islands. They arrived in New Zealand circa 1200 AD. 3. In 1642, Abel Tasman was the first European to explore New Zealand. In 1789, James Cook arrived and explored the coastline and claimed it. 4. Maoris gave up the sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain by the Waitangi Treaty in 1840. 5. Maori language and culture: Maori culture has greatly changed over the years and has become to resemble the "Pakeha" culture
importer of energy. Energy importation is in the form of oil products. About 30% of primary energy is from renewable energy sources. The leading manufacturing sectors are food processing, metal fabrication, wood and paper products. Natural resources: natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone Government & economy: New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parlamentary democracy. The House of Representatives - with 120 members an 5 seats for Maoris. Queen Elizabeth is Queen of New Zealand and is represented as head of state by the Governorgeneral. Free education and medical healthcare for children and adult alike are part of the Goverment social platforms. Economy has traditionally been based on exports. Biggest cities: Although agriculture is important to the New Zealand economy, most New Zealanders live in cities. Of our 3.65 million population almost three quarters live in urban areas. Auckland is the largest city while
I would still say that the Aborigines were more spiritual people, their own religion and land played a more important role in their interpretation of the world. Maori people were of course spiritual as well and had different gods but my opinion is still that they tried to adapt more to the way of life of the British. On the other hand I think that the Maori have a much better status today than the Aborigines, they are considered to be more a part of the community than the latter. Also the Maoris have adjusted to the way of life of the world today but the Aborigines hang more on to their recent way of life. So it can be said that the Maori and the Aborigines were people of the same fate but still had their own peculiarities which do not make them to be similar in every aspect of life. Kärt Peterson ÕBL 31
What is their origin? When did they arrive in New Zealand? Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people who settled on New Zealand aroun 1300 AD. They did not have a word to refer to themselves. They adopted maori, which means 'normal, natural, ordinary', when they encountered the colonizers, or pakeha, which means 'people of European descent'. 3. Discovery of New Zealand by Europeans. In 1769-70 James Cook sailed around New Zealand, charting its entire coastline. 4. By which treaty did the Maoris cede their sovereignty? By the treaty of Waitangi. 5. The status of the Maori language and Maori culture at present. Maori became an official language in 1987, New Zealand Sign language became an official language in 2006. 6. The peculiarities of New Zealand’s plant and animal life. The national bird of New Zealand. 7. The political system of New Zealand. New Zealand is a unitary constitutional monarchy. The Parliament is comprised only of the House of Representative
Australia Sep colonies set up their governemnts in 19 C Established the Commonwealth of Australia with capital in Canberra New Zealand as british colony 18 C captain Cook visited the islands Missionary conquest in 19 C First permanent european settlement in Wellington Maories recognised british sovereignty for guaranteed posession of the land. New Zealand became a separate colony, from Australian Several wars between settlers and Maoris Gold was discovered In 20 C New Zealand was given dominion status, 1947 full independence The British expansion in South Africa In late 15 C Portuguese reached the Cape of Good Hope In 17 C permanent colony, Cape colony, by the Dutch 1814 British annexation was formalized. Slave trade and slavery was abolished by Act of Parliament First Boer republic founded Diamonds and gold found Wars between british and Boers
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