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The moa hunters are the first people who lived in Christchurch. They were killed by spears and traps.
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North Island Maori (Ngati Māmoe and later Ngāi Tahu)arrived in Canterbury. They were from the east coast of North Island.
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The reasons included fighting between different groups of Ngāi Tahu, raids by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha from 1830 to 1832, and the impact of European diseases, especially measles and influenza, from which hundreds of Māori died.
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New Zealand Company founded with aim to create English colonies in NZ
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The Treaty had been signed by many North Island chiefs in the Bay of Islands earlier in the year on 6 February. During Bunbury’s visit only two of the Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed it. Treaty of Waitangi signed in Akaroa onboard the HMS Herald.
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Kemps Deed N.T. sold Canterbury for £2,000
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New Zealand was divided into six provinces, each with their own administration, including an elected Superintendent.
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This brought huge stock losses for Canterbury farmers (Lady Barker and her husband Frederick Broome amongst them).
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Christchurch was known as the "Cathedral City"
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