A timeline of canterburys development 1400-1900

By avabryant1805
  • 1000

    First inhabitants

    The first people to live in Christchurch were moa hunters, who probably arrived there as early as AD 1000.
  • 1500

    Movement to the South Island/ Te Waipounamu

    North Island Māori (Ngati Māmoe and later Ngāi Tahu) arrived in Canterbury between 1500 and 1700. The remaining moa hunters were killed or taken into the tribes.