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abel tasman
abel tasman is credited with rediscovery of new zealand which he sighted and named staten land in 1642. -
jean francois marie de surville
came to nz
named doubtles bay -
james cook
he made landfall at poverty bay -
jean francois-marie de surville
his crew made landfall in doubttless bay and contact with the maori was mostly peacefull -
marion du fresne
his men had an battle vs the moari -
marion du fresne
du fresne had contact with the maoris in the bay of island although this contact went horribly wrong ending in a blood bath.maori people had the captian for dinner. -
whaling in nz
the first european industry in new zealand was whaling.and the first whaling ship william and ann arrived in 1791 -
sealers arived
similar to whaling but sealing took place in remote areas with large seal populations -
flax trade
trade flax for guns and used for ropes and boats and sailing -
marsden and thomas kendall
marsden and thomas kendall were anglican missionaries from england based church missionary society. -
millers birthday:)
millers birthday -
polynesian settlement of new zealand
and that it is likely there were by 1000ad most historian use the date 1250ad for the polynesian arrival based on a latest date possible as we cannot be absolutly sure of specific dates.