Effects of Early European Contact

What was pre European New Zealand like?

• lots of land and plants
• more flax land
• green land
• more sea creatures
• less deadly diseases/pandemics

How did Māori respond to the early Europeans?

• By killing them
• Eating them
• Threatening them/ being threatened by them
  Welcoming them
  Making friends
  Feeling scared, nervous, weird

What were the effects of early Europeans on Māori?

• more equipment/tools
• can trade
• more European build houses
• mixed marriages
• sytem changed
• more food and animals
• more friends
• caused musket wars
• more enemies
• learnt to read and write
• learnt to speak English
• learnt to grow crops/farming
• full length clothes was introduced
• loses of lives due to musket wars