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1000
First inhabitants- 1000AD or CE
The first people to live in the place now known as Christchurch were Moa hunters, who probably arrived there as early as AD 1000. -
1500
Iwi migrate to the South Island/ Te Waipounamu
In the 16th century the Ngāti Māmoe made the move from the Hastings on the East coast of the North Island