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Aug 8, 1250
Polynesians Arrived
The first Polynesians arive in Aoteroa and had Aoteroa all to themselves for 500 years -
Captain Cook
Captain Cooked came to Aoteroa and put them on the world map -
Pakeha
Pakeha came to Aoteroa to hunt seals and whales -
More Pakeha
Hundreds of Pakeha arrived in what they called New Zealand -
Chiefs
Thirteen Chiefs wrote to the King of England asking for protection -
Declaration of Independence
James Busby presented a document called He Whakaputanga –the Declaration of Independence -
Signing
52 Chiefs had signed the Declaration of Independence -
William Hobson
British Official (William Hobson) arrived at the Bay of Islands. He had been sent to get the Māori to sign the treaty -
More Signing
By the 6th more Māori Chiefs were ready to sign the treaty -
Hui
A hui was called and Williams read Te Tiriti for the final time over 40 Chiefs signed it, but some chose not to -
New Zealnad Wars
For 27 years Māori and the British faught a series of battles known as the New Zealand wars -
Native Land Court System
Māori lost land through the Native Land Court System -
James Carroll
James Carroll (Native Minister) said it was time to help those Māori who had lost land because of Crowns actions -
Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day is established as a national day of commemoration. Thirteen years later it becomes a national holiday -
Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal was set up -
Tribunal
Rules changed the Tribunal could investigate claims about
things that had happened in the past -
Waitomo Caves
The first modern Treaty Settlement is agreed over Land at Waitomo Caves -
Ti Tiriti
By the turn of the 20th Century promises made in the Ti Tiriti were well and truly broken -
Jacinda Arden
Jacinda Arden spends five days at Waitangi meeting with Māori. Which is the longest visit of any any Prime Minister so far
