Valentines Day Inquiry

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.

American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

Our 45 minute Inquiry was about Waitangi Day, here is what I learnt.

The Waitangi treaty was made to bring the Brittish and Maori people together. 

The Waitnagi treaty was signed on the sixth of February, 1840 by multiple Maori tribes, with a maximum of 240 people. The treaty became official in 1934 and became a holiday in 1974. The signing of the treaty was witness by six English men, James Busby, Henry Williams, Richard Taylor, John Mason, Samuel Ironside and James Stuart Freeman. 

There were nine copies of the treaty made. 

The main cause of the protesting was to, 'remind', the government to respect and honour the treaty. 

Thank you for reading what information I have collected.