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|Dates |Facts |

|- 1000 AD  |- Treaty of Waitangi between British and several Maori tribes pledges protection of Maori land and establishes |

| |British law in New Zealand(The Treaty established a British Governor of New Zealand, recognised Māori ownership of their lands |

|-1642  |and other properties, and gave the Māori the rights of British subjects ). |

| | |

|-1769 |Prince Williams pays his first official visit to New Zealand on behalf of his grandmother the Queen. |

| |British captain James Cook explores coastline, also in 1773 and 1777. |

|-1840  |August - Queen of the indigenous Maori population, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, dies aged 75 after a reign of 40 years. A |

| |week of mourning is declared. |

|-1845-72 |Maori arrive from other parts of Polynesia. |

|- 1893 |October - Labour laws amended to help ensure that two big-budget films of the novel The Hobbit are made in New Zealand. |

|- 1907 |Dutch explorer Abel Tasman visits New Zealand. |

|- 1947 |Waitangi Tribunal orders government to return confiscated land in Turangi Township to its Maori owners. |

|- 1996 |The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule. |

|- 1998 |October - Police arrest 17 people in anti-terror raids. Prosecutors accuse Maori activists of planning a violent campaign against|

|- 2002 |the country's white majority. |

|- 2006 |New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote. |

|- 2007 |New Zealand gains full independence from Britain. |

|- 2010 |June - Prime Minister Helen Clark apologises to Samoa for New Zealand's poor treatment of its citizens in colonial times. The |

|- 2010 |apology is made at a ceremony in Samoa marking 40 years of independence. |

| |New Zealand becomes dominion within British Empire. |

| |Under new electoral system, number of Maori MPs rises from six to 15. |

|Dates |Facts |

|- 1000 AD  |- Treaty of Waitangi between British and several Maori tribes pledges protection of Maori land and establishes |

| |British law in New Zealand(The Treaty established a British Governor of New Zealand, recognised Māori ownership of their lands |

|-1642  |and other properties, and gave the Māori the rights of British subjects ). |

| | |

|-1769 |Prince Williams pays his first official visit to New Zealand on behalf of his grandmother the Queen. |

| |British captain James Cook explores coastline, also in 1773 and 1777. |

|-1840  |August - Queen of the indigenous Maori population, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, dies aged 75 after a reign of 40 years. A|

| |week of mourning is declared. |

|-1845-72 |Maori arrive from other parts of Polynesia. |

|- 1893 |October - Labour laws amended to help ensure that two big-budget films of the novel The Hobbit are made in New Zealand. |

|- 1907 |Dutch explorer Abel Tasman visits New Zealand. |

|- 1947 |Waitangi Tribunal orders government to return confiscated land in Turangi Township to its Maori owners. |

|- 1996 |The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule. |

|- 1998 |October - Police arrest 17 people in anti-terror raids. Prosecutors accuse Maori activists of planning a violent campaign |

|- 2002 |against the country's white majority. |

|- 2006 |New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote. |

|- 2007 |New Zealand gains full independence from Britain. |

|- 2010 |June - Prime Minister Helen Clark apologises to Samoa for New Zealand's poor treatment of its citizens in colonial times. The |

|- 2010 |apology is made at a ceremony in Samoa marking 40 years of independence. |

| |New Zealand becomes dominion within British Empire. |

| |Under new electoral system, number of Maori MPs rises from six to 15. |

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