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The Māori settlement of New Zealand represents an end-point of a long chain of island-hopping voyages in the South Pacific.. Evidence from genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology indicates that the ancestry of Polynesian people stretches all the way back to indigenous peoples of Taiwan.
New Zealand troops in First and Second Battles of El Alamein. Food rationing introduced. Mobilisation of women for essential work. 12 June: First 5 ships of American troops from the 37th US Army Division land in Auckland. 14 June: First American Marines from the 1st Corps Division land in Wellington. 1943. New Zealand troops take part in ...
c. 1807: The Battle of Hingakaka (sometimes called Hiringakaka) was fought between two Māori armies, an allied southern North Island army and a Tainui alliance army, near Ōhaupō in the Waikato, and was reputedly "the largest battle ever fought on New Zealand soil" [8] – so many chiefs died that it is known as Hingakaka (the fall of parrots).
New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War signalled a major breakaway from British influence even though it was brought about primarily because of New Zealand's obligations under the ANZUS Treaty and growing concerns about Communist influences in the Asia-Pacific region. As a result, the United States pressured the governments of Australia ...
[50] [51]: pp 4-25 The 'understand' component centres around four big ideas: Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa New Zealand; colonisation and settlement have been central to Aotearoa New Zealand's histories for the past 200 years; the course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories has been shaped by the use of ...
After the first sighting of New Zealand by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman on 13 December 1642, the ship Heemskerck sailed into the Wainui Inlet of the Nelson Region by the 18 December 1642. [6] The Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri sent two waka canoes in their customary ritual to challenge and frighten the unknown ships that entered their territory.
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) Parihaka pacifist settlement: Taranaki
c. 1600 – The rangatira Maki migrates north from the Kawhia Harbour, assisting Ngāti Awa relatives to conquer and unify Tāmaki Māori peoples. Maki settles near the Kaipara River mouth, and his children settle along the west coast and northern Auckland, creating the tribal identities including Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Manuhiri and Ngāti Kahu.