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The first Polynesians first arrived in 7 legendary waka from different parts of Polynesia. After 50 - 100 years have passed more and more Polynesians started to settle and claim the land calling it Aotearoa (land of the white cloud)

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Abel Tasman was the first European to 'discover' New Zealand in 1642. His men were the first Europeans to have a true encounter with Māori people. The misunderstanding and fear aroused by two such different worlds coming together soon led to violence.

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The English navigator James Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed maps of New Zealand, and wrote about the Māori people who were living in NZ.

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The first missionaries came to New Zealand their 2 main goals were Christianisation of the Maori people and the attempt to try and keep law and order among the European settlers.

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The Declaration Of Independence was drafted by James Busby and signed by 52 Maori chiefs. The declaration of independence summarized as the colonists motivations for seeking independence.

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The treaty of Waitangi is a treaty that the British and Maori people signed its purpose was to enable the British settlers and the Māori people to live together in New Zealand under a common set of laws or agreements.

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The musket wars were a series of Māori tribal battles involving muskets, brought to New Zealand by the Europeans. It took place between 1807 and 1842. The people who were involved in this war were mainly Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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The New Zealand Wars, it was caused by settler hunger for land and the government's desire to impose real sovereignty over Māori it happened in around the 1840s and the 1870s lots of people died in the war.