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1250
Polynesian discovery
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Tasman
arrives but doesn't step foot on land -
Cook
arrives and interacts with Māori
negative and positive -
Whalers and sealers start
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first fleet arrived at botany bay
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Te Pahi visits NSW
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Musket Wars start
lots of Māori die -
Whalers and sealers end
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Marsden gives first sermon
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Napoleanic Wars end
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Ngati Toa capture Kapiti island
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Musket Wars end
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Dec of Independence
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Tory arrives in Wellington harbour
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Te Tiriti
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Wairau Affray
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potato famine
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Northern War start
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Battle at Horokiwi (Battle Hill)
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Northern War end
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Indian Mutiny
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Pakeha population surpasses Maori
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Taranaki War start
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Taranaki War end
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Invasion of the Waikato start
George Grey, 11 July demanding that the ‘chiefs of Waikato’ pledge their allegiance to Queen Victoria. The key conflict of the New Zealand Wars had begun. Europeans set foot across the border before telling Maori above -
Invasion of the Waikato end