How was New Zealand formed?

New Zealand is one of the youngest immigrant countries in the world. Immigrants from western Porini arrived between 500- 1300 and became the indigenous Maori of New Zealand.

The first known Europeans arrived at the west coast of the "North and South Island" on 1642, led by Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutchman ordered by the Dutch East India Company. At that time, they didn't know that the two islands were separate, so the whole island was named Staaten Landt (state-owned land). Later, according to the name of their base in Indonesian Tawiah, it was changed to Nieuw Zeeland. The base was originally named after Eupatorium in the Netherlands.

From 65438 to 0769, Captain james cook began to study New Zealand carefully, visited the South Pacific and New Zealand three times and drew maps for New Zealand. Its original map regards Stewart Island as a peninsula and Banks Peninsula as an island. Cook's map led European whaling ships to expand their activities in this area, and New Zealand eventually became a European colony.

1840 After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand became a British colony. However, the treaty is available in English and Maori, with the English version signed by representatives of the British royal family and the Maori version signed by Maori. The Maori version promised Maori "tino rangatiratanga", which means "autonomy" in Maori, but the English version translated into "leadership" has different meanings and interpretations. This word and other issues remain a bitter quarrel between the New Zealand government and the Maori people. Such as the ownership of the seabed and foreshore.

1907, New Zealand decided to join the United Kingdom as a self-governing territory instead of joining the Commonwealth of Australia. 1947, New Zealand became independent.