The Tree Hut Treaty Follow-Up Activities | Waitangi Day & Treaty of Waitangi Resource (Treaty of Waitangi)

Extend The Tree Hut Treaty with meaningful follow-up activities for Waitangi Day and Treaty of Waitangi learning.

Perfect for New Zealand classrooms, homeschool social studies, literacy groups, and Aotearoa New Zealand histories.

Includes lesson plans, talking points, Treaty introduction resources, story sequencing, whakataukī colouring, character work, and creative response activities.

Do you love The Tree Hut Treaty and want ready-made follow-up activities that help children think more deeply about fairness, promises, rules, leadership, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

This 27-page printable resource gives teachers and homeschool parents a practical way to extend the story into meaningful Waitangi Day and Treaty of Waitangi learning. The current product includes lesson plans with possible talking points, Treaty introduction resources, an order-the-story activity, whakataukī colouring, and follow-up tasks such as designing a treehouse, character analysis, female leaders of New Zealand, and a sign-your-name activity.

Instead of reading the book once and moving on, this resource helps children unpack the ideas behind the story in an age-appropriate way.

What’s Included

This printable resource includes:

• Lesson plans with possible talking points
• Resources that introduce the Treaty of Waitangi
• Order-the-story activity
• Whakataukī colouring activity
• Design your own treehouse activity
• Character analysis task
• Female leaders of New Zealand follow-up activity
• Sign your name activity
• Literacy, social studies, and discussion-based follow-up work

Why This Resource Works

The Tree Hut Treaty is a helpful story for introducing big ideas in a child-friendly way. Children can begin with a familiar setting — a tree hut, rules, promises, disagreement, and working together — before moving into more complex conversations about Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi.

This resource supports:

• Waitangi Day learning
• Treaty of Waitangi introduction
• Aotearoa New Zealand histories
• Reading comprehension
• Story sequencing
• Oral language and class discussion
• Character analysis
• Values-based learning
• Fairness, promises, rules, and responsibility
• Creative response tasks
• Bicultural classroom learning

It is especially useful when you want a respectful, low-prep Waitangi Day activity that links beautifully with a picture book children can understand.

Best For

This resource is ideal for:

• New Zealand primary classrooms
• Homeschool New Zealand history
• Waitangi Day lessons
• Treaty of Waitangi introductions
• Literacy follow-up work
• Social studies
• Aotearoa New Zealand histories
• Small group discussion
• Whole-class read-aloud follow-up
• Teachers wanting low-prep February resources

Suggested Use

Read The Tree Hut Treaty aloud first, then use the lesson plan and talking points to guide discussion. Children can sequence the story, respond to the whakataukī, analyse characters, design their own treehouse, or complete the sign-your-name activity as a concrete way to reflect on agreement and responsibility.

This works well as a one-day Waitangi Day lesson, a literacy rotation, a small group discussion activity, or part of a wider Treaty of Waitangi unit.

Created by Montessori Kiwi

Created by a New Zealand registered teacher and Montessori-trained educator, this resource is designed to help children engage with important Aotearoa New Zealand history through story, discussion, creativity, and reflection.

It saves preparation time while giving you a thoughtful way to move from picture book reading into meaningful Treaty learning.

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