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James Cook
Cook initiates European-Maori interaction after Abel Tasman -
Hongi Hika
Te Ika-a-ranga-nui
(The battle to settle utu with Ngati Whatua) -
Edward Wakefield
Edward and William Wakefield purchased land ahead of settlers and set out to colonise Port Nicholson (Wellington) -
Governor Grey
Becomes governor of New Zealand -
Te Whiti
Helped save the crew and passengers of a wrecked pakeha ship -
Rua Kenana
Built new religious community at the foot of Maungapōhatu -
Michael Joseph Savage
Elected Prime Minister of New Zealand -
Maori Battalion
Formed -
Charles Upham
Earned his second Victoria's cross -
Norman Kirk
Elected Prime Minister of New Zealand -
Robert Muldoon
Elected Prime Minister of New Zealand -
Whina Cooper
Initiated land march protesting for loss of maori land -
Neil Finn
I Got You,
Split enz’s most commercially successful song -
David Lange
Televised debate in Oxford union against nuclear weaponry -
Helen Clark
Elected Prime Minister of New Zealand