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How did the missionaries affect New Zealand?
Missionaries promoted the Treaty of Waitangi to protect Māori land ownership. As the number of European settlers grew and more Māori land was sold, Māori lost their respect for missionaries. When the New Zealand wars broke out some missionaries became chaplains to the government troops.
How did the missionaries help the Māori?
Well aware that New Zealand, like other Pacific Islands, was vulnerable to European interference, the CMS missionaries and the Wesleyans welcomed the Treaty of Waitangi. They helped translate the treaty into Māori and later collected signatures for it.
Is whaling illegal in NZ?
Whale watching Hunting whales in New Zealand waters was made illegal in 1978. Today, people enjoy watching whales, rather than catching them.
What are the positive impacts of missionaries education in Namibia?
Missionaries did not only bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ but they also laid the foundation for socio-economic development of Namibia. Missionaries began to build schools and they trained Africans to read and write.
What did the missionaries teach the Maoris?
The first missionaries Marsden favoured teaching the Māori useful skills and agriculture to encourage them to convert to Christianity. He was so successful that he transformed the traditional economy of the Bay of Islands and laid the foundations for New Zealand agriculture.
How are missionaries good or bad for a country?
If a person switches from religion A to religion B as a result of missionary activity, it does not affect the country. However, how missionaries work varies from region to region, and their effects have varied from good to bad as well.
Why were the missionaries accepted by the village and not?
While these attitudes allow the Christians to gain a foot-hold in Mbanta, they also demonstrate two basic aspects of the village’s response to the missionaries. There was a sense of unreality, disbelief and incredulity regarding the missionaries.
How did the arrival of the missionaries change the Igbo culture?
However, the arrival of the missionaries in the Umuofia village completely changed every aspect of the Igbo peoples’ culture and social construct, through the introduction of the civilization of the west to the people, not through any harmonious way or even through any agreement, but through force (186).
Why did the missionaries not come to Africa?
This is because, the African communities throughout the continent had social, political and cultural values that served them just fine, and therefore they did not need to be saved from the uncivilized culture, through the intrusion of new religion that was forced and imposed on them against their wishes.