New Zealand History

A Concise New Zealand History

Chapters

• Preface
• Introduction

PART 1: EARLY HISTORY:

1. Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand (1300)
2. Maori Culture and Lifestyle up to 1840 (1300-1840)

PART 2: EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT:

1. First European Explorers to Discover New Zealand (1642-1800)
2. A New Economy Introduced to New Zealand (1791-1840)
3. Missionaries Dispatched to New Zealand (1814)
4. The Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
5. European Colonisation of New Zealand (1800s)
6. The New Zealand Wars (1843-1872)
7. Railways Introduced to New Zealand (1863-1873)
8. The Colonial Government

PART 3: NEW ZEALAND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:

1. The Dawn of the Twentieth Century (1900-1914)
2. New Zealand's Involvement in World War I (1914-1918)
3. New Zealand in the Great Depression (1930s)
4. New Zealand in World War II (1939-1945)
5. Mid to Late Twentieth Century (1945-1999)
6. Famous New Zealanders in the Twentieth Century
7. Politics in the Twentieth Century

PART 4: NEW ZEALAND'S RECENT HISTORY:

1. New Zealand's Recent History (2000-2007)
2. New Zealand Prime Ministers at the Start of the Twenty First Century (1999-2008)
3. New Zealand Government at the Turn of the Twenty First Century (2000-2008)

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• Bibliography
• Authors and Contributors
• Print version
• PDF version

External Links

There are two main comprehensive websites on New Zealand history:

• http://history-nz.org
• http://www.nzhistory.net.nz