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1450
First inhabitants
The moa hunters are the first people who lived in Christchurch. They were killed by spears and traps. -
Period: 1500 to
North Island Maori arrived in Canterbury
North Island Maori (Ngati Māmoe and later Ngāi Tahu)arrived in Canterbury. They were from the east coast of North Island. -
Period: to
Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages
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Captain Cook -- contacts on Banks Peninsula
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First whaling ship in NZ
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Ngai Tahu in control Canterbury from Kaiapoi
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Sailors with Captain Bligh landed on Banks Peninsula
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Period: to
Local Maori population fell
The reasons included fighting between different groups of Ngāi Tahu, raids by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha from 1830 to 1832, and the impact of European diseases, especially measles and influenza, from which hundreds of Māori died. -
Flax Tradee Capt Wiseman in Port Cooper
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Te-Ruaparapara: devastated in Ngai Tahu
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English Colonies
New Zealand Company founded with aim to create English colonies in NZ -
Settlement at Akaroa established by the French
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Treaty of Waitangi signed
The Treaty had been signed by many North Island chiefs in the Bay of Islands earlier in the year on 6 February. During Bunbury’s visit only two of the Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed it. Treaty of Waitangi signed in Akaroa onboard the HMS Herald. -
Dean est settlement in Riccarton
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Canterbury Association formed
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Kemps Deed
Kemps Deed N.T. sold Canterbury for £2,000 -
First 4 ships arrived to Port Cooper
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New Zealand Constitution Act was passed in England
New Zealand was divided into six provinces, each with their own administration, including an elected Superintendent. -
Great Canterbury snowstorm
This brought huge stock losses for Canterbury farmers (Lady Barker and her husband Frederick Broome amongst them). -
Cathedral City
Christchurch was known as the "Cathedral City" -
Canterbury celebrated its jubilee (50 years)