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• New Zealand History | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

  The First World War had a seismic impact on New Zealand, reshaping the country's perception of itself and its place in the world. Women's Suffrage Petition The 1893 Women's suffrage petition — signed ...

• Early meetings between peoples - Encounters | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

  James Cook’s relationship with Māori got off to a disastrous start when a Ngāti Oneone leader, Te Maro, was shot and killed in a confused encounter. Misunderstandings led to another fracas the followi...

• The Treaty in brief - The Treaty in brief | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

  The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding document. It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840. The Treaty is an agreement, in Māori an...

• 1925 - key events - The 1920s | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

  A selection of key New Zealand events from 1925

• New Zealand Company | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

  Page 4 - Land issues on the eve of the Treaty of WaitangiIn the late 1830s the British government became concerned about how land was being obtained from Māori. Action was needed, it decided, to prote...

• History of New Zealand, 1769-1914 - A history of New Zealand 1769-1914 | NZHistory, New Zealand

  In the period between the first European landings and the First World War, Aotearoa New Zealand was transformed from an exclusively Māori world into one in which Pākehā dominated numerically, politica...