New Zealand was first discovered by the ancestors of Māori and became the first settlers who arrived from Polynesia between 1200 and 1300 AD. They discovered New Zealand as they explored the Pacific, navigating by ocean currents and the winds and stars. Although In some traditions, the navigator credited with discovering New Zealand is Kupe. The first Europeans in New Zealand were the Dutch, in the form of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. That is how we got the Dutch-sounding name - from a Dutch mapmaker who first called us Nieuw Zeeland. Next to come were the British and French, 127 years later. It was by Captain James Cook. He came in 1769 on the first of three voyages. By the 1830s, the British government was being pressured to curb lawlessness in the country and also to pre-empt the French who were considering New Zealand as a potential colony. Ten years later, at Waitangi on 6 February 1840, William Hobson, New Zealand’s first Governor, invited assembled Māori chiefs to sign a treaty with the British Crown. More than 500 chiefs signed the treaty - now known as the Treaty of Waitangi.
Māori came under increasing pressure from Europen settlers to sell their land for settlement. This led to conflict and, in the 1860s, war broke out in the North Island. Much Māori land was confiscated or bought during or after 20 years of war. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant all women the right to vote.State pensions and state housing for workers were also offered first in New Zealand.
In 1901, New Zealand declined the chance to join the Australian Federation thus became an independent 'dominion' in 1907.
New Zealand had also participated in many wars. Thousands of New Zealanders served, and died, overseas in the First World War.New Zealand troops fought overseas again in the Second World War in support of the UK. However, the fall of Singapore shook New Zealanders’ confidence that Britain could guarantee the country’s security.With the bulk of its forces effectively stranded in Egypt and the Middle East, it was the United States that protected New Zealand against Japan during the war in the Pacific. In Korean and Vietnam war, keeping on side with America encouraged New Zealand to fight in Korea in the 1950s and - against much popular opposition in Vietnam in the 1960s.
(Info from https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/history-government/a-brief-history)
ang kapuluan ng New Zealand ay unang natagpuan ng mga sinaunang taong galing sa Taiwan at mga kapuluan sa Karagatang Pasipiko.
ang New Zealand ay unang natuklasan ng mga manlalakbay galing Europa noong 1642, na pinangunahan ni Abel Tasman at muling binisita noong 1769 ng British explorer na si James Cook at minapa nito ang buong baybayin ng New Zealand at sinimulan ang pakikipagkalakalan nito sa Europa.
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Summary of New Zealand's History
New Zealand was first discovered by the ancestors of Māori and became the first settlers who arrived from Polynesia between 1200 and 1300 AD. They discovered New Zealand as they explored the Pacific, navigating by ocean currents and the winds and stars. Although In some traditions, the navigator credited with discovering New Zealand is Kupe. The first Europeans in New Zealand were the Dutch, in the form of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. That is how we got the Dutch-sounding name - from a Dutch mapmaker who first called us Nieuw Zeeland. Next to come were the British and French, 127 years later. It was by Captain James Cook. He came in 1769 on the first of three voyages. By the 1830s, the British government was being pressured to curb lawlessness in the country and also to pre-empt the French who were considering New Zealand as a potential colony. Ten years later, at Waitangi on 6 February 1840, William Hobson, New Zealand’s first Governor, invited assembled Māori chiefs to sign a treaty with the British Crown. More than 500 chiefs signed the treaty - now known as the Treaty of Waitangi.
Māori came under increasing pressure from Europen settlers to sell their land for settlement. This led to conflict and, in the 1860s, war broke out in the North Island. Much Māori land was confiscated or bought during or after 20 years of war. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant all women the right to vote.State pensions and state housing for workers were also offered first in New Zealand.
In 1901, New Zealand declined the chance to join the Australian Federation thus became an independent 'dominion' in 1907.
New Zealand had also participated in many wars. Thousands of New Zealanders served, and died, overseas in the First World War.New Zealand troops fought overseas again in the Second World War in support of the UK. However, the fall of Singapore shook New Zealanders’ confidence that Britain could guarantee the country’s security.With the bulk of its forces effectively stranded in Egypt and the Middle East, it was the United States that protected New Zealand against Japan during the war in the Pacific. In Korean and Vietnam war, keeping on side with America encouraged New Zealand to fight in Korea in the 1950s and - against much popular opposition in Vietnam in the 1960s.
(Info from https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/history-government/a-brief-history)
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ang kapuluan ng New Zealand ay unang natagpuan ng mga sinaunang taong galing sa Taiwan at mga kapuluan sa Karagatang Pasipiko.
ang New Zealand ay unang natuklasan ng mga manlalakbay galing Europa noong 1642, na pinangunahan ni Abel Tasman at muling binisita noong 1769 ng British explorer na si James Cook at minapa nito ang buong baybayin ng New Zealand at sinimulan ang pakikipagkalakalan nito sa Europa.