NZ History Timeline By turnema 1250 Polynesian discovery of Aotearoa https://teara.govt.nz/en/when-was-new-zealand-first-settled#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20lot%20of,from%20East%20Polynesia%20in%20canoes. 1642 Abel Tasman discovers Aotearoa The first known Maori and European interaction. Period: 1760 to 1840 Industrial Revolution 1769 Captain James Cook Arrives in New Zealand and places the British flag to claim surrounding land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook Period: 1770 to 1810 Whalers and Sealers 1804 Te Pahi visits New South Wales https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t53/te-pahi 1814 Marsden gives first sermon https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/samuel-marsdens-first-service 1823 Ngati Toa captures Kapiti Island Feb 6, 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi is signed 1843 Wairau Affray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Affray 1846 Battle at Horokiwi (battle hill) https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/horokiri-nz-wars-memorial 1858 Pakeha population surpasses Maori Period: 1860 to 1863 Taranaki Wars https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/taranaki-wars 1863 Invasion of Waikato https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/war-in-waikato