Māori History (For Assessment)

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  • Period: 800 to 1130

    Possible Settlement

    The textbook states that "Historians are not certain when [...] the human settlement of New Zealand began [but] Archaeological evidence
    suggests that sometime between 800 and 1130 CE, a small group of Polynesian people, perhaps even a single family, sailed from the Kūki ’Āirani [...] to the coast of what would become Aotearoa"
  • Period: 800 to 1200

    Nga kakano ('The seeds')

    Hunter/Gatherer Lifestyle
  • Period: 1200 to 1300

    Settlement

    Various sources suggest that the Māori people migrated to Aotearoa around the 13th or 14th centuries
  • Period: 1200 to 1500

    Te tipunga ('The growth')

    Settled in more areas, developing cultural traditions, beliefs and art.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Te puawaitanga ('The flowering')

    Earliest European explorers and settlers of Aotearoa started recording the features of Māori society and culture.
  • Period: to

    European Contact

    Approx. years, most sources say original European contact bean in the Late 18th century, and early 19th century

  • Te huringa ('Turning point')

    Introduction of the modern world into Maori culture

  • Treaty of Waitangi signed

    The Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's (Aotearoa) founding document, was signed