Acknowledgements - New Zealand in History

The Polynesians

European explorers

Abel Janszoon Tasman

Captain James Cook

Jean François de Surville

Marion du Fresne

Dumont d'Urville

Cyrille Laplace

Also :

The French maritime situation 15th-16th centuries

History map (16k)

Before annexation

Baron Charles Hippolyte de Thierry

The New Zealand Company

The Treaty of Waitangi

French colonists

Important dates marking post colonial European history

Important dates marking post colonial Māori history

Early Māori - English place names

Local history links

Also :

A note on the annexation of New Zealand

History map - (16k)

First hostilities

The fall of Kororareka

The Hauhau movement

Te Kooti - resistant, prophet

The battle of Gate Pa

Taranaki War timeline

Also :

Hongi Hika and the Musket Wars

Māori - English glossary

History map (25k)

Brief pre-history

Early settlement

Māori culture

The Haka, the Taua

Ta Moko - the Tattoo

Religion and spirituality, Tapu, Noa

Whakapapa (genealogy)

Arts and crafts

The Tangi, Religion and spirituality

Māori sport and games

› The rules of Ki-o-Rahi

> Ki-o-Rahi videos

Māori kite flying

More

Dates marking Māori history

Today - Māoritanga

Māori - English glossary

Hongi Hika, chief of the Nga Puhi tribe

Te Rauparaha, chief of the Ngati Toa tribe

Te Kooti : resistant, prophet, founder of the Ringatu church

Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister

For more biographies

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography website (external link)

General information

Volcanism - The eruption of Mount Tarawera

Famous New Zealanders

Timeline of events

Prime Minister timeline

Local history links

The Commonwealth Games - New Zealand gold medallist timeline

New Zealand "firsts"

Acknowledgements

The New Zealand store - books, music ...

Documentary DVDs

View Maori culture videos

New Zealand in France - more ...

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Acknowledgements

My grateful thanks to the following web sites, institutions and persons, who have kindly granted me permission for the use of their images on my site :

Artworks.nz	Beyond City Limits
Canterbury Trails	Canterbury Leisuretours
Focus New Zealand Photo Library	Hauraki Gulf.com (web site no longer active)
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Northland.org	NZBirds.com
New Zealand Arboricultural Association	Peter Sundstrom - New Zealand Photo Gallery
Planetware.com	Rotorua.nz
The Alexander Turnbull Library of New Zealand	The New Zealand Tourism Board
The University of Canterbury, New Zealand	The University of Texas, at Austin
Wai-o-Tapu Homepage	Web4U

A special thanks to J. and C-L Pierquin for their precious help in correcting my french texts.

Grateful thanks to George Barrett and Harko Brown, specialists in their respective regions of New Zealand, for taking the time to supply me with information on traditional Māori past times.

Please be aware that this website is a personal homepage. It would therefore be wise to cross check information which I have presented here. A list of many official New Zealand history sites may be found within my Links section.