| 925 | NZ discovered by the polynesian navigator, Kupe in the MATAHORUA canoe. He names it Aotearoa (Land of the Birds) later mistranslated as Land of the Long White Cloud. |
| ~ | Moriori - Te Rakiroa, of the Wheteina tribe, Hawa'iki, has his canoe, the RANGI HOUA, smashed against the rocks at Rekohu (Chatham Islands). |
| ~ | Moriori - Mihiti and Moe, of the Wheteina tribe in Hawa'iki, settle on Rekohu after travelling in their canoes, the RANGI MATA & the OROPUKE, respectively. A group of earlier people are there, they are descended from Te Aomarama and Rongomaiwhenua. Nunukuwhenua's Law is enforced. |
| 1150 | Toitehuatahi (Toikairakau), leaves Pikoipikoiwhiti, Hawa'iki and settles in Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland) - searching for his missing grandsons. |
| 1150 | Whatonga and Mahutonga (Toi's grandsons) arrive in North Cape from Pikoipikoiwhiti, Hawa'iki in the KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai), later settling in Maketu. The KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) is returned to Hawa'iki. |
| 1150~1350 | The following canoes travelled
to NZ and their crew settled here:
KAHUTARA , TAIKORIA, OKOKI, KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai), TAHATUNA, HOROUTA, TE ARATAWHAO, TE MAMARU, ARAITEURU, MOTUMOTUAHI, PANGATORU, WAKARINGARINGA, RINGAUAMUTU, TAIREA, ARIKIMAITAI, RANGIMATORU, NUKUTERE (whale), HOROUTA, KURAHAUPO (II), TE RIRINO, AOTEA, MATAATUA (Toroa), TAINUI, PUKATEAWANUI, TE ARAWA, TOKOMARU, TAKITIMU, KARAERAE, MAHUHU, MAMARI, TE RUAKARAMEA, WAIPAPA, TE RIUKAKARA, MOEKAKARA, TE WAKATUWHENUA, and KAHU. (NB: highlighted canoes settled around Auckland) Some of the canoes report finding other settlers here before them, they are called the Tangata Whenua. |
| 1642 | Abel Tasman, the first european to discover NZ, calls it Staten Landt and annexes it for Holland. |
| 1769 | Captain Cook lands at Gisborne on the ENDEAVOUR and hoists the Union Jack at Mercury Bay, takes possession on behalf of King George III. Two months later, the Frenchman, De Surville, lands at Doubtless Bay. |
| 1770 | Captain Cook lands at Queen Charlotte Sound, where the British flag is hoisted again, and possession of NZ taken again. |
| 1772 | Marion du Fresne lands at the Bay of Islands and annexes NZ as France Australe in the name of King Louis XV of France. |
| 1773 | Cook returns with the ships RESOLUTION and ADVENTURE. Lands at Queen Charlotte Sound. Two sheep put ashore but survive only a few days. |
| 1791 | Captain Broughton in HMS CHATHAM finds and renames Rekohu as the Chatham Islands. The first whaling ship arrives, WILLIAM AND ANNE. |
| 1792 | First sealing gang arrives at Dusky Sound. |
| 1793 | Spanish navigator, Malaspina, visits Dusky Sound. |
| 1814 | Arrival of Samuel Marsden (Anglican) at the Bay of Islands. Introduction of animals. First sermon preached on Christmas Day. |
| 1815 | Thomas King is the first european child born in NZ. |
| 1816 | Thomas Kendall opens first european-style school for Maori children. |
| 1819 | Raids on Taranaki and Port Nicholson by Te Rauparaha and Nene. |
| 1820 | Hongi Hika, Ngapuhi chief, visits England's King George IV. |
| 1821 | Hongi Hika begin's war with muskets. Two thousand are killed at Tamaki. |
| 1823 | Rev. Samuel Leigh established Wesleyan Methodist Mission at Whangaroa Harbour. Jurisdiction of New South Wales Courts of Justice extended to British subjects in NZ. |
| 1825 | First attempt at colonisation with 60 immigrants aboard ROSANNA. Only four stayed. |
| 1827 | French Pass, Croisilles Harbour and Waitemata Harbour charted by Dumont D'Urville aboard ASTROLABE. Mission station at Whangaroa destroyed by Hongi Hika's forces. |
| 1830 | Agricultural mission and school established at Waimate North. |
| 1833 | James Busby, appointed British Resident in NZ in 1832, arrives at Bay of Islands. |
| 1834 | British troops clash with maoris in the capture of Waimate Pa, Taranaki. Merino sheep farm established by James Bell Wright on Mana Island. James Busby, presents a NZ's first flag to North Auckland chiefs. 140 German immigrants settle in Nelson. |
| 1835 | First wool export to Sydney. Charles Darwin and Robert FitzRoy visit (later Governor of NZ). Chatham Islands invaded by Ngati Awa tribes. Declaration of Independence by the Tribes of NZ, organised by Busby. |
| 1836 | New Testament printed in Maori by Colenso. |
| 1837 | Hobson first visits NZ to protect europeans from maori fighting. Self-styled Sovereign Chief of NZ, the frenchman, Baron de Thierry, arrives at Hokianga. |
| 1838 | New Zealand Colonisation Company founded. Bishop Pompallier forms Catholic Mission at Hokianga. James Clendon becomes first United States Consul in NZ. |
| 1839 | Governor of New South Wales given jurisdiction over British subjects in NZ. Arrival in Petone of Colonel William Wakefield of the New Zealand Company. |
| 1840 | 'First' european settlers arrive at Port Nicholson aboard AURORA and ORIENTAL. Treaty of Waitangi signed. Settlements formed at Akaroa and Canterbury Plains. Arrival of John Logan Campbell at Coromandel. Inauguration of the town of Auckland with a regatta on Waitemata Harbour. The New Zealand Act passed by the Imperial Parliament. By Royal Charter Queen Victoria names the islands, New Leinster (Stewart Island), New Munster (South Island) and New Ulster (North Island)! |
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