What is NZ history?

The first people to arrive in New Zealand were ancestors of the Māori. The first settlers probably arrived from Polynesia between 1200 and 1300 AD. They discovered New Zealand as they explored the Pacific, navigating by the ocean currents, winds and stars.

What was NZ First called?

Aotearoa was used for the name of New Zealand in the 1878 translation of "God Defend New Zealand", by Judge Thomas Henry Smith of the Native Land Court—this translation is widely used today when the anthem is sung in Māori.

What was NZ called before NZ?

Aotearoa (pronounced [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa] in Māori and /ˌaʊtɛəˈroʊ.ə/ in English; often translated as 'land of the long white cloud') is the current Māori name for New Zealand. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole country before the arrival of Europeans; Aotearoa originally referred to just the North Island.

Is NZ history website reliable?

Reliable as NZ History is a government owned website, opened by the former Minster of Internal Affairs Hon. Jack Elder at the Archives New Zealand. Considered to be reliable, even though it is a secondary source as the website was developed by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage NZ (2005).

What are some major events in New Zealand history?

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When was NZ first discovered?

The first European to arrive in New Zealand was the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. The name New Zealand comes from the Dutch 'Nieuw Zeeland', the name first given to us by a Dutch mapmaker.

Who runs the NZ History website?

NZHistory is now part of a suite of websites administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: the online version was launched in 2002 and is now part of the Te Ara website.

How do you cite history in NZ?

Examples: Book: Sinclair, Keith, A History of New Zealand, 2nd edn, Penguin, Auckland, 1969.

Who is Steve Watters?

Steve Watters - Lead Educator-Historian - Ministry for Culture and Heritage | LinkedIn.

Who owns New Zealand?

Newton's investigation reveals that in total 56 percent of New Zealand is privately owned land. Within that 3.3 percent is in foreign hands and 6.7 percent is Maori-owned. At least 28 percent of the entire country is in public ownership, compared with say the UK where only eight percent is public land.

Where did Maori come from?

Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, they settled here over 700 years ago. They came from Polynesia by waka (canoe). New Zealand has a shorter human history than any other country.

Who first said Aotearoa?

The now common specific 'translation' of Aotearoa as 'the land of the long white cloud' probably became more established from the 1920s or 30s. Both Bracken and Reeves are commonly credited with first inventing the word Aotearoa.

Who was in NZ before Māori?

Before that time and until the 1920s, however, a small group of prominent anthropologists proposed that the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands represented a pre-Māori group of people from Melanesia, who once lived across all of New Zealand and were replaced by the Māori.

How was NZ named?

In December 1642 Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand's South Island, and Dutch cartographers named the territory after the Dutch maritime province of Zeeland.

What did Māori call NZ?

Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand, though it seems at first to have been used for the North Island only.

How do you reference a website NZ?

When referring to the entirety of a website generally, simply include the URL in your discussion. No reference list entry is necessary. For example: The New Zealand History website (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/) features a number of useful interactive resources for teachers.

How do you write references?

How do you APA cite a PDF?

In an APA citation, cite a PDF the same way you would cite a webpage, including the URL leading to the PDF. In a Chicago-style citation, after the title, add the same description without brackets (separated by a period).

Is NZ history taught in schools?

The Government has released the final content for teaching New Zealand's history in schools, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced three years ago would become a key part of the curriculum in every school and kura.

Who wrote NZ history?

About the author

The late Michael King was one of New Zealand's leading historians. Over three decades he wrote or edited more than 30 books, most of them New Zealand history or biography.

When was NZ colonized?

Whalers, missionaries, and traders followed, and in 1840 Britain formally annexed the islands and established New Zealand's first permanent European settlement at Wellington.

How was NZ formed?

About 25 million years ago Zealandia began to split apart. Still mostly under the sea, it now lay at the junction of the Australian and Pacific plates. Close to the plate boundary, part of the sunken continent was pushed up, creating the land area of New Zealand.

Which flag came first Australia or NZ?

The New Zealand flag is 50 years older than Australia's and was adopted in 1902, replacing the union jack. The Australian flag was adopted in 1954, after going through three previous iterations since 1901.

What is New Zealand known for?

A small island nation home to around 4.5 million people located in the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is famous for its national rugby team, its indigenous Maori culture and its picturesque landscape. If you're an international student considering studying abroad, New Zealand may be a long way from home.