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Discovery  
  In the beginning - separation from Gondwana
  Arrival of the Polynesians
  The first Europeans :
 
  The French maritime situation 15th/16th centuries
   
The Musket Wars
  Background to the Musket Wars
   
Colonisation
  Before annexation
  Baron Charles Hippolyte de Thierry
  The nomination of James Busby
  The New Zealand Company
  The Treaty of Waitangi
  A note on the annexation of New Zealand
  French colonists in Akaroa, South Island
  Dates marking post-colonial European history
  Dates marking post-colonial Māori history
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  Early Māori/English place names
   
 
The New Zealand Wars
  Background to the Wars
  The fall of Kororareka
  Pai Maarire and the Hauhau movement
  Te Kooti - resistant, prophet, founder of the Ringatu church
  The Battle of Gate Pa
  The taking of Parihaka : Taranaki prophets Te Whiti and Tohu
  Taranaki War timeline
   
Māori history and culture
  Brief prehistory
  Early habitations
  The Haka, the Taua
  Ta Moko - the Tattoo
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  Today - Māoritanga
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The Moriori people
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Biographies
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  Te Rauparaha - Chief of the Ngati Toa
  Te Kooti - resistant, founder of the Ringatu church
  Michael Joseph Savage - Prime Minister
   
 
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 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.