why was a treaty needed in New Zealand?

In social studies, we have been learning about the treaty of Waitangi and other treaties around the world. We had to research a treaty other than the treaty of Waitangi and comper how they are similar. Once we did that we had to watch a few video and answer question related to the video after that we started to learnt how to write the lawyer paragraph, the slamdunk paragraph, the hammer paragraph and robust conclusion. Once we learnt those we started our planning sheet and then we were ready to write our essay about, why was a Treaty needed in New Zealand? 

Introduction 
In 1830 there were around 100,000 Māori and near 200 Europeans living in New Zealand. The behaviour of the Whalers, the Missionaries’ desire to help protect Māori rights and the Musket Wars were reasons that a treaty was needed. The Declaration of Independence was another contributing factor to the need for a treaty.

Paragraph One (Lawyer)
One reason that a treaty was needed was the lawless behaviour of some of the British Settlers like whalers. In this paragraph, I am trying to prove how the treaty was needed because of the lawless behaviour from the whalers. This is important because then it would reduce the fighting, prostitution as well as drinking and parting. For example, there were around 200 people out at sea, most of the Europes were whalers. They would go out at sea for months at a time and not see a lot of people for a while. The whalers would constantly be arriving at kororareka, once docked they would reak havoc and outstay there time. Whalers weren’t good for New Zealand and the treaty helped reduce the havoc and problems they caused.

Paragraph Two (Lawyer)
Another reason that a treaty was needed was to protect Māori rights. One group that felt strongly about this was the missionaries. In this paragraph, I am trying to prove that the treaty was needed to protect the Maori and their rights. This point is important because it allowed Maori to live without fear and it was important to prevent foreigners from buying land in New Zealand. For example, they taught Maori Christianity and easier ways of farming, they helped Maori protect their rights and kept people from buying their land and they also had a good relationship with the Maori which made it better for them to trust. The treaty was needed to protect Maori rights, it also gave them protection over the land.

Paragraph Three (Hammer)
Another reason that a treaty was needed was the Musket Wars. Evidence shifted power this is why the musket wars impacted the treaty. 20,000 Maori were killed, tribes were being killed off and they would trade food and materials for muskets. In this paragraph, I am trying to prove that muskets were a very horrible thing for Maori and New Zealand, which is why a treaty was needed. The effect of all of this is important because less Maori would be killed and it would bring order to New Zealand. The musket wars brought good and bad to New Zealand but with the help of the treaty, it resolved some of the bad.

Paragraph Four (The Slam Dunk)
The final reason that a treaty was needed was the existence of the Declaration of Independence. why would Maori sign the treaty when they already signed the declaration? In this paragraph, I am going to answer why was the declaration of independence important? Interestingly it was important to protect the rights of Maori and establish peace between Maori and the Europeans. For example, Maori had legal rights over there land and a flag was created to symbolize that this was their country and their land and New Zealand could only trade with the British. The effect of all this is important because now New Zealand belongs to the Maori and they can legally trade. So the declaration of independence was important.

Conclusion (Robust Conclusion)
Why was a treaty needed in New Zealand? Their main reasons were the lawless behaviour of the whalers, the protection of the missionaries, the trading of the muskets and the declaration of independence. Personal I don’t think the treaty was needed because they already had the declaration of independence and all the treaty done was take Maori rights away from them and take the rights of there land away to.