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  2. Māori history - Wikipedia

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    Over time, in isolation the Polynesian settlers developed a distinct Māori culture. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods: the Archaic period (c. 1300 – c. 1500) and the Classic period (c. 1500 – c. 1769). Archaeological sites such as Wairau Bar show evidence of early life in Polynesian settlements in New Zealand. Many of ...

  3. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13] Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed a distinct culture , whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern ...

  4. History of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the influx of settlers, the Pākehā population grew explosively from fewer than 1000 in 1831 to 500,000 by 1881. Some 400,000 settlers came from Britain, of whom 300,000 stayed permanently. Most were young people and 250,000 babies were born. The passage of 120,000 was paid by the colonial government.

  5. New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The word today is increasingly used to refer to all non-Polynesian New Zealanders. [326] The Māori were the first people to reach New Zealand, followed by the early European settlers. Following colonisation, immigrants were predominantly from Britain, Ireland and Australia because of restrictive policies similar to the White Australia policy ...

  6. Parihaka - Wikipedia

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    Armed soldiers were sent in and arrested the peaceful resistance leaders and many of the Maori residents, often holding them in jail for months without trials. The village was founded about 1866 by Māori chiefs Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi on land seized by the government during the post-New Zealand Wars land confiscations of the 1860s.

  7. History of Canterbury Region - Wikipedia

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    The Story of a Siege [b]) says: "Unlike most Maori chiefs of exalted rank he was cowardly, cruel and capricious." [ 5 ] The 'eat relation' feud began when Murihake, a woman at Waikakahi on the eastern shores of Te Waihora , happened to put on a dog-skin cloak left in the village by Tama-i-hara-nui, who was then absent at Kaikōura .

  8. Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the Tribunal's report into the claim, in 1987 the government made Te Reo Māori an official language of New Zealand, and established the Maori Language Commission to foster it. The pivotal issue considered by the Tribunal was whether a language could be considered a "treasure" or "taonga", and thus protected by the Treaty.

  9. Treaty of Waitangi - Wikipedia

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    [39] [40] Normanby's instructions in 1839 show that the Colonial Office had shifted their stance toward colonisation and "a settler New Zealand in which a place had to be kept for Māori", primarily due to pressure from increasing numbers of British colonists, [39] and the prospect of a private enterprise in the form of the New Zealand Company ...

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