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North Island Discovered
Abel Tasman discovers the North Island -
Captain Cook maps Aotearoa
Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in 3 voyages. 1769-77 -
Banks Peninsula sighted
Captain James Cook in his ship the Endeavour first sighted the Canterbury peninsula. He thought it was an island at first. -
First set foot Banks Peninsula
Sailors from the sealing ship Governor Bligh landed that Europeans first set foot on Banks Peninsula. -
Port Cooper (Lyttelton Harbour) created
In 1827 Captain William Wiseman, a flax trader, named the harbour in banks peninsula (now known as Lyttelton Harbour) Port Cooper, -
English Colonies founded
The New Zealand company founded to start english colonies in New Zealand -
British raised in flag Akaroa
Captain Owen Stanley of the Britomart raised the British flag at Akaroa, just before the arrival of sixty-three French colonists on the Comte de Paris. -
Treaty of Waitangi
Treaty of Waitangi was signed -
Canterbury Association was formed
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Kemp’s Deed
Sixteen Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed ‘Kemp’s Deed’, selling the larger part of their land for £2,000, but keeping some land for settlements and reserves, and those places where they gathered food -
First school opened in Lyttelton
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Lytteltons first bank open
Union Bank of Australia) opens in Lyttelton. -
First drowning in the Avon
Victim probably drunk -
First Whaling Ship
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Māori population starts to fall
Due to European diseases, especially measles and influenza.