Canterbury History

By mcarther13

  • Able Tasman becomes first European to find the North Island (‘Statenland’), 1642

  • Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages, 1769-1777

  • Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages, 1769-1777

  • First whaling ship in NZ 1791

  • Europeans first landed in Canterbury 1815

  • New Zealand Company founded with aim to create English colonies in NZ, 1839

  • Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 Feb 1840

  • Canterbury Association first founded

  • The Randolph anchored in Lyttleton

  • The Charlotte Jane anchored at Lyttleton

  • Sir George Seymour anchored in Lyttleton

  • The Cressy arrived in Lyttleton

  • Christchurch became a city by royal charter on july 31, 1856

  • Womens rights to vote ( first in the world )

  • Kate Sheppard memorial 1993