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