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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture.Like other Pacific cultures, Māori society was centred on kinship links and connection with the land but, unlike them, it was adapted to a cool, temperate environment rather than a ...
  2. britannica.com

    Nov 18, 2024history of New Zealand, a survey of the important events and people in the history of New Zealand from the time of Polynesian settlement. Comprising two main islands and a number of small islands, New Zealand is a remote country in the South Pacific Ocean, lying more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Australia.
  3. nzhistory.govt.nz

    The ambitious settlement plans of the New Zealand Company upped the ante. The company's plans to buy large quantities of land cheaply for resale to British settlers led to concerns among missionaries and British officials that Māori would be defrauded. ... Michael King, Penguin history of New Zealand, Penguin, Auckland, 2003; Anne Salmond ...
  4. teara.govt.nz

    Discovery and migration. New Zealand has a shorter human history than almost any other country. The date of first settlement is a matter of debate, but current understanding is that the first arrivals came from East Polynesia between 1250 and 1300 CE. It was not until 1642 that Europeans became aware the country existed.. The original Polynesian settlers discovered the country on deliberate ...
  5. britannica.com

    6 days agoNew Zealand - Maori, Settlers, Islands: Apart from convicts escaping from Australia and shipwrecked or deserting sailors seeking asylum with Māori tribes, the first Europeans in New Zealand were in search of profits—from sealskins, timber, New Zealand flax (genus Phormium), and whaling. Australian firms set up tiny settlements of land-based bay whalers, and Kororareka (now called Russell ...
  6. live-work.immigration.govt.nz

    Not long after, New Zealand was the first country to offer state pensions and, in the late 1930s, state housing for workers. South African war. New Zealand was keen to show its loyalty to the British Empire and sent troops to fight for Britain in the South African War in 1899. It was the first war New Zealand soldiers were sent overseas to fight.
  7. en.wikipedia.org

    c. 1280: Earliest archaeological sites provide evidence that initial settlement of New Zealand occurred around 1280 CE. [5]~1300: Most likely period of ongoing early settlement of New Zealand by Polynesian people (the Archaic Moa-Hunter Culture). [6]~1400: Rangitoto Island near Auckland is formed by a series of eruptions. [4]c.1400-c.1500: Development of the Classic Māori Material Culture ...
  8. teara.govt.nz

    Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

    https://teara.govt.nz › en › history

    New Zealand's human history is relatively short: it was the last habitable land mass in the world to be discovered, by the ancestors of Māori, probably in the late 13th century. Large-scale European settlement began in the 1840s, and the subsequent social, political and economic changes changed New Zealand from British colonial outpost to ...
  9. teara.govt.nz

    New Zealand's human history is relatively short: it was the last habitable land mass in the world to be discovered, by the ancestors of Māori, probably in the late 13th century. Large-scale European settlement began in the 1840s, and the subsequent social, political and economic changes changed New Zealand from British colonial outpost to ...
  10. newzealand.com

    Māori were the first to arrive in New Zealand, journeying in canoes from Hawaiki about 1,000 years ago. A Dutchman, Abel Tasman, was the first European to sight the country but it was the British who made New Zealand part of their empire. In 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, an agreement between the British Crown and Maori. It ...

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  1. History of New Zealand

    Aspect of history

    The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture. Like other Pacific cultures, Māori society was centred on kinship links and connection with the land but, unlike them, it was adapted to a cool, temperate environment rather than a warm, tropical one. The first European explorer known to have visited New Zealand was the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, on 13 December 1642. In 1643 he charted the west coast of the North Island, his expedition then sailed back to Batavia without setting foot on New Zealand soil. British explorer James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand. From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries, traders and adventurers. Wikipedia

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