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The New Zealand historian, Michael King, describes the Māori as "the last major human community on earth untouched and unaffected by the wider world". [50] Besides a brief offshore skirmish with Abel Tasman in 1642, the first encounter with the outside world took place with Captain Cook's party on his first voyage in 1769, followed by later ...
Ngāpuhi fight Ngāti Whātua, Te-Uri-o-Hau and Te Roroa iwi at the battle of Moremonui on the west coast of Northland, the first battle in which Maori used muskets. 1809. Ngati Uru attack and burn the ship Boyd, killing all but four of its crew and passengers. Whalers wrongly blame Te Puna chief Te Pahi and in a revenge attack kill 60 of his ...
Hunter has studied the experiences of 133 entrepreneurs who started commercial enterprises between 1880 and 1910. The successful strategy was to deploy capital economising techniques, and reinvesting profits rather than borrowing. The result was slow but stable growth that avoided bubbles and led to long-lived family owned firms. [138] [139]
A feature that has been put forward as evidence of pre-Polynesian settlers is the Kaimanawa Wall, which some claim is a remnant of ancient human construction that the Māori could not have built because they did not build with stone in such a way. [51] [52] The wall formation was inspected by an archaeologist and a geologist.
However, starting slowly in the 1870s detailed research answered questions about human culture, that have international relevance and wide public interest. [ 3 ] Archaeology has, along with oral traditions, defined New Zealand's prehistory ( c. 1300 – c. 1642 ) and protohistory ( c. 1642 – c. 1800 ) and has been a valuable aid in solving ...
[194] [195] However, Māori have a wide range of life expectancies across regions: Māori living in the Marlborough region have the highest life expectancy at 79.9 years for males and 83.4 years for females, while Māori living in the Gisborne region have the lowest life expectancy at 71.2 years for males and 75.2 years for females. [195]
The Waitangi Tribunal has called the bill a severe breach of the treaty, warning it would limit Maori rights, reduce social cohesion and damage the Maori-Crown relationship. Act party has ...
Rapid urbanisation has led to the creation of main population centres on the flatter eastern coast and in the high inland plains between the mountain ranges. This has been accompanied with immense social change in Otago's population, similar but distinct to the rest of New Zealand. The boundaries of Otago have changed over time.