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Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) – writer. Thomas Brydone (1837–1904) and William Soltau Davidson (1846–1924) – refrigeration pioneers. Richard Pearse (1877–1953) – aviation pioneer. Te Whiti o Rongomai (c.1830–1907) – pacifist Māori leader. Richard Seddon (1845–1906) – Premier and Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Sports. List of New Zealand sportspeople. List of New Zealand double-international sportspeople. New Zealand Olympic medallists. List of New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers. List of New Zealand ODI cricketers. List of New Zealand Test cricketers. List of New Zealand international footballers. List of New Zealand Kiwis representatives.
List of New Zealand inventors. The following is a list of New Zealand inventors and inventions. Godfrey Bowen – developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique [1] John Britten – designer of the Britten motorcycle [2] Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson – refrigerated shipping pioneers [3] Morton Coutts – invented the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 September 2024. New Zealand suffragist (1848–1934) For other people with similar names, see Kate Shepherd and Katharine Shepard. Kate Sheppard Sheppard photographed in 1905 Born Catherine Wilson Malcolm (1848-03-10) 10 March 1848 Liverpool, England Died 13 July 1934 (1934-07-13) (aged 86 ...
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.
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.
The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand.
There were 887,493 people identifying as being part of the Māori ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.8% of New Zealand's population. [112] This is an increase of 111,657 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 288,891 people (48.3%) since the 2006 census .