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East Polynesians came from other parts of the world looking for small islands and came across New Zealand -
Abel Tasman came to New Zealand as a Dutch explorer -
British Famous explorer James Cook comes to New Zealand -
The 32-year-long war killed over 20,000 people during this time. -
The Treaty promised to protect Māori culture and to enable Māori to continue to live in New Zealand as Māori. -
The Maori land wars were from 1845 to 1872 and killed 2,100 people -
Governor Lord Glasgow signed a new Electoral Act into law, and New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to give woman the right to vote. -
The Gallipoli campaign was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul) and knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. -
When the earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, struck at 10.47 a.m., many buildings in central Napier and Hastings collapsed. -
New Zealand passed the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act and gained legal and formal independence from Britain in the exercise of its external affairs. -
The New Zealand police went to the homes of Pacific Islanders who they believed had overstayed their visas or work permits. -
French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our ship the Rainbow Warrior.