humanities Aotearoa By 23lscott 1300 Māori people arrive in Aotearoa 1769 British captain James cook explores the coast line 1813 first British missionaries arrive 1845 the new Zealand wars put up resistance up to the British colonial rule 1893 New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote. 1913 Outbreak of World War I. 1947 New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.