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29 January: William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands and reads out the proclamation of sovereignty. 6 February: Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at Bay of Islands. 21 May: Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand. The North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.
History of New Zealand. The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture.
Russell. Protest against the British Crown by repeatedly chopping down flag pole. Eventually leading to the New Zealand Wars. 1845–1872. The New Zealand Wars. North Island. A series of conflicts between the British crown, its allies and various Maori tribes. 1881. 5 November (invasion of government troops)
Aotearoa New Zealand's histories (ANZH) and Te Takanga o Te Wā are documents for use in English- and Maori - medium New Zealand curriculums from 2023 to guide the explicit and compulsory teaching about the country's history. Although the final documents, released in 2022, were part of reviews of the New Zealand education system by the newly ...
The Government launches the Environment 2010 Strategy. 9 June — New Zealand Post issues a set of stamps on conservation. 1 July — Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 comes into effect. 15 November — A West Coast environmentalist claims his house was the target of arson due to his anti-mining stance.
When the British colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 it nominally included New Zealand as far as 43°39'S (approximately halfway down the South Island). In the years before 1800 there was little interest shown in New Zealand except for the events of 1793 (see below). Head of State – King George III.
1. The General Assembly first sat in 1854, under the provisions of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that encompassed the islands of New Zealand which was proclaimed by its British settler population in 1841, and which lasted until 1907.
Population. A census was held on 25 September 1945. This was a year earlier than the established pattern, to make up for the lack of a census in 1941 due to World War II, and so that an electoral redistribution (the first for ten years) could be done before the 1946 election. Male. Female.