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Paul Moon ONZM is a New Zealand historian, author, and professor. Paul specialises in Māori history, the Treaty of Waitangi and the early period of Crown rule.

00:00 - Intro 4:07 - Colonisation motives 6:54 - First Māori-European interactions 9:50 - Lawlessness concerns British officials 10:23 - Polynesians settled NZ deliberately 15:00 - No pre-Polynesian settlements in NZ 19:30 - Indigenous people defined 21:15 - Māori-European interactions 1814-1840 24:35 - The NZ Company dealings alarm British 31:56 - British intervene 1833 33:33 - Busby's declaration failure led to Treaty 40:01 - Treaty of Waitangi 57:10 - British mass migration 1840 1:00:37 - Treaty, a temporary fix of problems 1830s 1:04:52 - Democracy implemented 1852 1:17:32 - Activists activate Treaty interest 1970s 1:21:31 - Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 1:24:18 - Waitangi Tribunal 1:28:01 - Treaty Principles Bill 1:31:01 - Motives behind Treaty Principles Bill 1:37:06 - Māori culture/language is under siege 2:00:58 - Maori culture may be an antidote 2:01:38 - The oppressor/oppressed framework 2:03:31 -