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Able Tasman
Able Tasman becomes first European to find the North Island (‘Statenland’) -
Mapped New Zealand
Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages, 1769-1777 -
First whaling ship in NZ
in 1840 the Europeans settled on the plains and whaling ships were operating out of lyttelton by 1850 -
Treaty of Waitangi
signed to solidify the relationship between the maori and the europeans. -
British arrive in nAkaroa
the British arrived 6 days before the french to claim the land as territory of the british empire. -
New Zealand Company founded with aim to create English colonies in NZ
The Canterbury Association founded in 1848 and guided by Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley. -
Bridle Path
The Bridal Path was built by Captain James Thomas cut the track. It was tricky to cut as there were many trees and rocks on the Port Hills. -
The last of the 'first four ships ' arrive
the Cressy was the last of the first four ships to arrive in canterbury to colonise the land.
