Timeline of Waitaha By 22kime 1000 First inhabitants Period: 1500 to 1700 Iwi migrate to the South Island/ Te Waipounamu 1770 Cook sights the Canterbury Peninsula 1800 Kaiapoi established by Ngāi Tahu as a central trading kainga 1800 Tracks developed in Ōtautahi between Kaiapoi and Rāpaki 1815 Europeans land on Banks Peninsula Period: 1820 to 1830 Māori population declines 1839 Farming settlements established in Akaroa 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi signed 1843 Deans family establish farming at Riccarton Bush/ Pūtaringāmotu 1847 Canterbury Settlement underway 1848 Ngāi Tahu chiefs signed ‘Kemp’s Deed’ 1850 Immigrants from England arrive on the ship Charlotte Jane