New Zealand Historic Events

By neueli00
  • Treaty of Waitangi

    Treaty of Waitangi

    On February 6, 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. This made New Zealand a colony of Britain.
  • New Zealand was divided into provinces

    New Zealand was divided into provinces

    In 1853 New Zealand was divided into six provinces. These provinces were Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury and Otago.
  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph

    In 1863 the first telegraph from Christchurch and Lyttleton was installed. Before this time it took about two months to commucate with other towns or cities.
  • Women Voting

    Women Voting

    New Zealand becomes the first country to allow women to vote. 109,461 women enrolled to vote in the election, this was 84% of the women in New Zealand.
  • New Zealand Native reaches the top of Mount Everest

    New Zealand Native reaches the top of Mount Everest

    Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing were the first people to climb Mount Everest. It took the pair 7 weeks to go up the mountain. Coming down the mountain only took 3 days.

  • New Zealand suspends contact with Israel.

    Two Israelis were put in jail for trying to get passports illegally. They were spies for the Mossad agency.