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NZ History 1769-2012
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Captain Cook Arrives
George Vancouver names Chatham Islands
Literacy becomes more prevalent in Māori culture
Encouragement to choose a flag`
James Busby arrives
Encouragement for an NZ declaration of independence
New Zealand Company arrives
William Hobson and the Treaty signed
More contact with inland Māori
Settler representative government proposed.
NZ Constitution Act
Māori parliamentary seats established
Julius Vogel (CT/MF) proposes ambitious development plan to fix economy
Parihaka becomes centre of opposition
Government invade Parihaka
Abolition of provincial governments
NZ's first university (University of Otago) opens
Educational Act sets ground rules for a colony-wide public school system
Main trunk railway line completed
NZ women gain the right to work
First successful shipment of frozen meat to the UK
Sheep, pigs and goats introduced
Rabbits introduced (Rabbit plagues in 1870s, 1920s, 1940s and 1980s)
Earliest record of whaling
Russell (Kororāreka) named capital of NZ, then later Auckland as the 2nd
Crown Monopoly established
Private land purchases prohibited
Horses, cattle and merino sheep introduced
First book in te reo Māori published
First wine grapevines planted
First Māori dictionary
Rangatira sign a petition to King William IV
First export shipment of wool
Charles Darwin arrives
NZ Association established
Possums introduced
Gorse introduced
Honey bees introduced
French colony at Akaroa approved
First NZ Bank established
First NZ tariff system introduced
Supreme court established
First use of the death penalty
First NZ debenture notes issued
European diseases significantly affect Māori
Queen v Symonds (Legal case)
Armed police force established
NZ Company ends
Gold discovery near Coromandel
First general election
Kīngitanga movement established
Wairapa earthquake
Henry Sewell becomes first Premier
English Laws Act and British coins become legal tender
Census Act 1858
Põtatau becomes the first Māori king
Kohimarama Hui
BNZ Established
Native Department Established
Court of Appeal established
First telegraph line laid
NZ Steam Navigation Company established
HMS Orpheus disaster
NZ's first public railway opens
NZ Settlements Act
Wellington becomes capital of NZ
All Māori declared British subjects
Native Lands Act
Colonial museum established
Bay of Plenty land confiscation ordered
First oil well
Stamp and death duties introduced
Te Kooti imprisoned without trial
Time standardised
Protection of Animals Act
Last British imperial regiment leaves
University of NZ opens
First NZ visit to US
University of Otago opens classes to women
First dairy co-op
Native Affairs Committee established
Abolition of Provinces
Māori seats extended definitely
God Defend NZ first performed
Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington
Free primary school education established
Land tax introduced
Meetings on Treaty of Waitangi begin at Ōrākei
Universal suffrage for European men
Parliamentary term shortened from five to three years
Single member electoral districts established
First large dairy factory built
Russian scare leads to more military fortifications
First hydroelectric station opens
NZ born citizens become the majority
Mt Tarawera eruption
First national park
Māori union of Waitangi established
Labour Day
First liberal government
Influenza (second wave)
Income tax introduced
Māori parliament established
House of representatives and Legislative council disagree
Acquisition of crown land restricted
NZ official yearbook published
James Carroll becomes first Māori politician elected to European parliament
Industrial C&R Act
First Māori with an NZ degree
Mahuta becomes first Māori king
Brunner mine accident
Daylight saving proposed
National Council of NZ Women est.
Māori women able to stand for Māori parliament
Old Age Pensions Act
First NZ film made
Farmer's Union Est.
Troops sent to the Boer War to support the British
Cook Islands claimed
Māori councils act
Māori lands administration act
Richard Seddon is the first prime minister
NZ decides not to become an Australian State
Nurse's Registration Act
Dept. of Tourist and Health Resorts
Māori parliament disbanded
National flag adopted
SS Ventnor sinks
King Mahuta joins legislative council
First time kiwi is used as an unofficial national symbol
Manapouri power station suggested
The Originals rugby team tour
First state house built
Pearse's flying machine patented
NZ International exhibition
Stout-Ngata comission
The school journal established
Plunket Society est
Tohunga Suppression Act
NZ becomes a dominion
Kīngitanga movement est.
Dominion museum est.
First NZers at the Olympics
Boy scouts and girl peace scouts est.
Rutherford wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
National Council of Churches established
Treaty made enforceable in law only when referred to in legislation
Canberra Pact signed
Annual leave introduced
NZ joins the UN
Second ballot act
Native Land Act
Young Māori Party
NZ Coat of Arms adopted
Waihi strike
Liberal govt. replaced by reform govt.
Public Service Act
Te Rata becomes fourth Māori king
Waterfront strikes
Gallipoli Campaign
Aotearoa popularised
Military Service Act
Recognition of dominions as autonomous of the Commonwealth
Six o'clock swill begins
Rutherford splits the atom
Turnbull bequeaths his library to the Crown
Armistice Day
Rātana founded
Women are able to stand for parliament
NZ becomes a founding member of the League of Nations
First NZ team at the Olympics
Native Trustee Act
Mansfield's Bliss and other stories published
First radio broadcast
First producer board established
Government funds book on the NZ Wars
First Conservation Organisation established
NZ jurisdiction extended to Antarctica
First electric railway opens
Rātana takes petition to England
The "Invincibles" All Blacks Rugby tour
Enrolment for European voters made compulsory
Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research established
Royal Commission on confiscated lands est.
Balfour Declaration
National Archive est.
Daylight saving put in place
Motor-Spirits Taxation Act
NZ's first international trade treaty signed (Japan)
First cricket test match played
Poll tax for unemployment relief (first one citizen-wide)
Hawkes Bay earthquake
United (Liberal) and Reform parties form a coalition (attempt to combat the GD)
Cabinet granted power to declare a state of emergency
5% sales tax introduced
McCombs becomes the first woman in Parliament
Korikī becomes the fifth Māori king
Royal Society of NZ Act
First Waitangi Day
Royal NZ Air Force established
Reserve Bank established
Four year term introduced
Māori Purposes Fund Board established
Māori Trust Office combines with Native Department
First Labour government takes office
NZ's first major airline begins operation
Great Cyclone
First regular radio broadcast of the parliament
Unions made compulsory and 40 hour work week est.
Jean Batten completes her flight
Curtis becomes the first woman in the Royal Society of NZ
Free school milk scheme begins
First major state housing construction scheme
Three year parliamentary term reintroduced
Voting by secret ballot compulsory for Māori seats (European in 1890)
Karl Popper lectures at Canterbury Uni
Social Security Act
Rationing begins
Waitangi centennial exhibition opens
High commisioner appointed by Britain
TEAL est.
Māori battalion recruited
Hodgkins invited to Biennale
NZ Royal Navy established
National Film Unit established
United Nations Act
"Native" now referred to as "Māori"
Polio epidemic forces North Island schools to close
Troops sent to Malaya to support the British
General agreement on tariffs and trade signed
Māori electoral roll created
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
First National government takes office
Petrol + butter rationing ends
Legislative Council Abolition Act
Waterfront dispute begins
ANZUS Security Treaty signed
Māori women's welfare league established
Hillary and Norgay climb Mt Everest
Māori Affairs Act
First Family Planning clinic opens
First visit of Head of State to NZ
Tangiwai rail disaster
"Realm of New Zealand" comes into use
NZ Ballet established
Manila Pact signed
Māori Trust Boards Act
Compulsory enrolment is extended to Māori
Interest expressed in aluminum smelting
NZ coat of arms amended
Disposable syringes invented
Last use of death penalty
Scott base established
The Pohutukawa Tree play first performed
Hillary reaches the South Pole
PAYE and indirect tax introduced (Black Budget)
Chinese gooseberry renamed kiwifruit
Antarctic Treaty signed
TV becomes available
World's first nuclear submarine visits NZ
Waitangi Day Act
Separate Māori schooling phased out
Māori education foundation established
Lye exhibits at NY museum of art
NZ govt. purchases Tasman Airways
Death penalty abolished
Universities Act
Treaty of friendship with Western Samoa
Ombudsman Act 1962
Wilkins wins Nobel
Māori community development act
NZ Māori council established
Kerr solves Einstein's equations
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
Manapouri-Te Anau Development Act
Marsden Point Oil Refinery opens
Decimal currency system introduced
Whaling in NZ ends
First and only nuclear reactor built
TEAL renamed Air NZ
High voltage cable links North and South
Cook Islands gain full self-government
National Library of NZ established
Second time on UN security council
Te Ātairangikaahu becomes first Māori queen
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Encyclopedia of NZ published
Tinsley completes galaxology significant PHD thesis
Free school milk scheme ends
Six o'clock swill ends
Water and Soil Conservation Act
Māori able to be candidates in European electorates and vice versa
Māori and Island Affairs Dept. est.
Wahine ferry disaster
National Development Conference takes place
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Voting age lowered from 21 to 20
Maui gas field discovered
Manapouri petition presented
Ngā Tamatoa activist group formed
Polynesian Panthers founded
Pacific Islands Forum established
Race Relations Act 1971
Values Party founded
National Museum est.
United Kingdom joins European Union impacting New Zealand exports
Marsden Point Oil Refinery expansion approved
First oil shock
Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement established
‘Damn the Dam’ protest song released
Waitangi Day becomes New Zealand Day
Royal Titles Act 1974
Dawn Raids Begin
ACC est.
Marine Pollution Act
Voting age lowered from 20 to 18
Niue no longer governed by New Zealand
‘Maori’ extended to include descendants of Māori
Electoral Amendment Act 1975
Māori land hīkoi (Dame Whina Cooper)
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 establishes Waitangi Tribunal
Boycott of Montreal Olympic Games
Wanganui Computer Centre Act 1976
New Zealand Day becomes Waitangi Day
Constitutional crisis: Prime Minister appoints Governor-General
200-mile economic zone established
‘God Defend New Zealand’ becomes national anthem
Citizenship Act 1977
Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977
First abortion clinic opened
Occupation of Bastion Point
New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978
Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978
Second oil shock and ‘car-less days’ begin
Mt Erebus disaster
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) signed
McGee’s Foreskin’s Lament play first performed
Māori political party, Mana Motuhake, founded
Muldoon’s ‘Think Big’ scheme introduced
Underarm bowling incident
Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement amended
Springbok rugby tour begins, sparking nationwide protests
Sharebrokers Amendment Act 1981
Electoral boundary review for Māori seats introduced
First building to use lead rubber bearings
Muldoon imposes a wage and price freeze
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) signed
Official Information Act 1982
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) signed
Waitangi Tribunal releases Motunui-Waitara Report
Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand
Reading Recovery programme implemented
Constitutional crisis: Caretaker Convention established
Economic summit begins
First Hui Taumata – Māori Economic Development Summit Conference
Douglas introduces economic reforms
USS Buchanan refused entry on grounds of nuclear capability
Royal Commission on the Electoral System
Lange wins Oxford Union Debate
Rainbow Warrior sunk by French agents
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty signed
Hulme wins Booker Prize for The Bone People
Reeves becomes first Māori Governor-General
Waitangi Tribunal given power to investigate historical Treaty claims
Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986
Legal decision: Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Officer
Goods and Services Tax introduced
Constitution Act 1986
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
Belich’s The New Zealand Wars is published
Conservation Act 1987
Telecom New Zealand established
New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
Hackett bungy jumps off Eiffel Tower
Legal decision: New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General
Maori Language Act 1987
Orange’s The Treaty of Waitangi published
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment appointed
Cyclone Bola
State Sector Act 1988
Wake becomes an officer of Legion d’Honneur
Air New Zealand privatised
Accrual accounting introduced into government
Maori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989
Reserve Bank is made more independent of government
Maori Fisheries Act 1989
Jackson’s Lord of the Rings wins Oscars
Government apologises to Samoa
Hager’s Seeds of Distrust published
Local Government Act 2002
Gypsy moth discovered
Ngāti Apa v Attorney-General
Prostitution Reform Act 2003
Supreme Court established
Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003
King’s The Penguin History of New Zealand published
Brash delivers Orewa Speech
Māori Television launched
Foreshore and Seabed hīkoi begins
Māori Party founded
Didymo discovered
Civil Union Act 2004
Crown Entities Act 2004
Second Hui Taumata – Māori Economic Development Summit Conference begins
Wilson becomes first female Speaker of House of Representatives
Citizenship Amendment Act 2005
First Iwi Chairs Forum hui convened
Citizens increasingly identify as ‘New Zealanders’
Auckland blackout
First Statement on Long-term Fiscal Position published
Tūheitia becomes sixth Māori King
Anti-Smacking Bill
Apiata becomes first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand
KiwiSaver introduced
Te Urewera police raids
Kauri dieback disease discovered
Third oil shock (global)
United Nations recognises extended seabed rights
Free Trade Agreement with China signed
Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement formed between National Party and Māori Party
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) signed
KickStart Breakfast introduced
Titular honours reinstated
Clark becomes Administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Influenza pandemic (swine flu)
Tuffery becomes first Polynesian artist to have painting bought by British Museum
Environment Canterbury (ECan) review
Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) established
Ngā Haerenga (The New Zealand Cycle Trail) construction begins
National Māori flag adopted
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) endorsed
Pike River mine explosions
Auckland ‘Super City’ established
National and Māori Party constitutional review announced
Christchurch earthquakes
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011
Waitangi Tribunal report on Wai 262 claim released
Rena oil spill
Police execute search warrant on Kim Dotcom
Crafar farms sale
Queen Elizabeth's II diamond jubilee
Marmageddon
National Māori Congress formed
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Runanga Iwi Act 1990
Telecom New Zealand privatised
Tizard becomes first female Governor-General
Troops sent to Iraq to support United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
Runanga Iwi Repeal Act 1991
Employment Contracts Act 1991
Resource Management Act 1991
Richardson releases ‘mother of all budgets
Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991
Government introduces market rents for state houses
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992
Sealord settlement
Student loan scheme introduced
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
Privacy Act 1993
Human Rights Act 1993
Electoral Act 1993
Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993
Treaty of Waitangi fiscal cap introduced
Cave Creek disaster
Team New Zealand win America’s Cup
Treaty policy papers and Cabinet minutes released
Office of Treaty Settlements formed
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu Act 1996
New Zealand’s first wind farm built
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
Unleaded petrol made mandatory
First MMP election held
Manapouri Power Station granted further resource consents
Cooke appointed to House of Lords
Asian financial market crisis (NZ was actually fine here tbh.)
Shipley becomes first female Prime Minister
Auckland power crisis
Lincoln Agreement (Bougainville peace accord) signed
First fibre optic cable commissioned
Painted apple moth discovered in NZ
Victoria Cross for New Zealand introduced
Beyer becomes first transsexual MP
Clark becomes first elected female Prime Minister
Fitzsimons becomes first ‘Green’ MP in world to win a constituency seat (FPTP)
Titular honours dropped
Varroa mite discovered
Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
MacDiarmid wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Afghan refugees from MV Tampa given asylum
GE-free hīkoi arrives at Parliament
Fonterra established
Government apologises to Chinese immigrants
Kiwibank opens
Kyoto Protocol ratified
Períodos
Explorers Scoping Out NZ
Traders and Whalers take interest in NZ
Musket Wars
Push for settlement from British and Colonial troops
Gold production falls and wool prices decline
More war involving Te Kooti and Titokowaru
Railroads expand to 2000km, doubling British colony populations. (Vogel era)
Ongoing peaceful resistance
Economic Depression
Prohibition Movement
Hōne Heke chops down flagpole
Collingwood-Takaka gold rush
The Land Wars
Otago Gold Rush
Wakamarina and West Coast Gold Rush
Waihi Gold Rush
Influenza (First wave)
WW1
The Great Depression
Second World War
NZ's involvement in the Korean War
Part of UN security council
Vietnam War
Long recession begins
Ngāi Tahu Land Report investigation (by The Waitangi Tribunal)
Third time on United Nations Security Council
Inquiry to review New Zealand’s existing constitutional arrangements
Global Financial Crisis
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