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This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand that includes only events deemed to be of principal importance – for less important events click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand.
At first New Zealand was administered from Australia as part of the colony of New South Wales, and from 16 June 1840 New South Wales laws were deemed to operate in New Zealand. [68] This was a transitional arrangement, and the British Government issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand on 16 November 1840.
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and was the second enactment to grant the colony of New Zealand self-government.The first elections for a New Zealand House of Representatives were held during 1853, and this lower house met for the first time in 1854 in Auckland.
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica; Timeline of Auckland; E. Timeline of the New Zealand environment; N. Timeline of nursing history in Australia and New ...
Timeline of New Zealand may refer to: Timeline of New Zealand history; Timeline of the New Zealand environment; Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica; See also
1769. New Zealand mapped by James Cook, and the Norway rat believed to have arrived in New Zealand aboard his ship, the Endeavour. [1] Feral pigs – called "Captain Cookers" in New Zealand – possibly arrived with Cook in the course of visits to New Zealand (1773-1774) during his second voyage (1772-1775).
An old New Zealand passport, 1949, bearing the title "British Passport" with "Dominion of New Zealand" underneath. In 1948, the New Zealand Parliament passed the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948, altering the New Zealand nationality law. From 1 January 1949 all New Zealanders became New Zealand citizens.
The table of years in New Zealand is a tabular display of all years in New Zealand, for overview and quick navigation to any year.. While a chronological century would include the years (e.g.) 1801 to 1900, and hence a decade would be 1801-1810 etc., for encyclopedic purposes the 100 years and 10 year spans of 1800-1899 and 1800-1809 etc. have been used respectively.