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In the beginning Ranginui (the sky) and Papatuanuku (the earth) were joined together, and their children were born between them in darkness. The children decided to separate their parents, to allow light to come into the world. After this, the children became gods of various parts of the natural world.

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Māori Arrivals
The first arrivals came from East Polynesia between 1200 and 1300, on their wakas. Kupe came first, when he was chasing the giant octopus, which he finnally killed around Cook Strait. He saw New Zealand and sailed back to Hawaiki to tell his people about the abundant land, big enough for everyone.

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Pā Sites
Pā sites occur mainly in the North Island of New Zealand, north of Lake Taupō. Over 5,000 sites have been located, photographed and examined, although few have been subject to detailed research.

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Iwi Immagrations
An iwi, or Maori tribe, is one of the largest groupings and is generally made up of several hapu that are all descended from a common ancestor. Hapu are clusters of whanau where the whanau is usually an extended family grouping consisting of children, parents, and often grandparents.

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Trade Routes
In the early 1700s, Maori sold wheat, oats, maize and potatoes to the first european settlers who exported the oil and skins from whales and seals hunted around the New Zealand coast. In the 1750s Maori sold flax in return for goods such as muskets and blankets. They offered their services to prepare and bring the flax to collection points for Pakeha traders to export. They also sold rocks like pounamu and basalt found naturally.

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European Arrivals

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English explorer Captain James Cook reportedly 'discovered' New Zealand's East Coast on October 7, 1769, hundreds of years after it had been settled by Maori. The dutch explorer Abel Tasman is officially recognised as the first European to 'discover' New Zealand in 1642. His men were the first Europeans to have a confirmed encounter with Maori.

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English missionary Samuel Marsden first arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1814. He was accompanied by Ruatara, a local chief returning to his own people; fellow missionaries William Hall, a joiner, John King, a ropemaker, and schoolmaster Thomas Kendall; and others including Thomas Hansen.

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The first recorded whale ship was the William and Ann under the command of Captain William Bunker, who called at Doubtless Bay in 1791 during a sperm-whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean.

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Maori Explore the world
In keeping with their own seafaring traditions, a number of Maori were keen to explore the world in the wake of European contact in the closing decades of the 18th century.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Signing of He Whakaputanga

The Declaration was signed by 35 Northern Chiefs on 28 October 1835. The Declaration was drafted by James Busby and translated by Henry Williams, a methodist missionary. In contrast to James Busby, the people who signed saw He Whakaputanga as a way to address the challenges posed by European contact, to strengthen an alliance with Great Britain, and to assert their authority to the wider world.

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Signing of The Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Treaty is a broad statement of principles on which the British and Māori made a political compact to found a nation state and build a government in New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of our country. Maori agreed: to let other people live in their country; and. to let the British make rules about behaviour and see that everyone obeys them.