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Jan 1, 1000
First Inhabitants
The first people to arrive to what would be know as Christchurch were Maori Moa Hunters. -
Able Tasman discovered the North Island "Statenland" 1642
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Period: to
Captain cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages
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New Zealand company founded with aim to create english colonies in NZ
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Treaty of waitangi signed 6 feb 1840
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First whaling ship in NZ 1981