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1250–

1300 New Zealand is settled by people from

Polynesia.

1642 Dutch sailor Abel Tasman anchors at

today’s Abel Tasman National Park.

Two Maori of Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri pad­

dle out to them and the Dutch shoot at

them. Four Dutch sailors are killed when

a Maori boat rams a small Dutch boat.

1769 James Cook — born in Marton, in

today’s Middlesbrough, northern

England — lands in New Zealand. He

becomes the first European to chart the

country’s coastline.

1810s–

1830s Up to a fifth of the Maori population is

killed during intertribal wars.

1833 James Busby is named first official

British resident in New Zealand.

1840 The Treaty of Waitangi is signed be­

tween many Maori tribes and the British,

making New Zealand a British colony.

1840s–

1870s New Zealand Wars

1852 A constitution gives New Zealand a

form of government and six provinc­

es.

1857 New Zealand gains greater independ­

ence when Britain passes the New

Zealand Constitution Amendment

Act.

1886 For the first time, a majority of

non­Maori people in New Zealand are

born there.

1893 New Zealand becomes the first coun­

try in the world to give women the

vote.

1902 The blue ensign with the four stars

of the Southern Cross replaces the

British Union Jack as the official flag.

1907 New Zealand becomes an “independ­

ent dominion” instead of a colony and

has greater autonomy.

1914–18 Some 18,000 New Zealanders die

fighting alongside the rest of the

British Empire in the First World War.

1923 For the first time, New Zealand has

the power to negotiate its own inter­

national trade treaties.

1939–45 Some 12,000 New Zealanders are

killed during the Second World War.

1947 Full New Zealand sovereignty

1970s Increasing protests for Maori rights

1984 The Labour government starts radical

free­market economic reforms.

2011 An earthquake in Christchurch kills

185 people.

2017 Whanganui River, hugely important

to the Maori, is the first in the world

to be recognized legally as a living

entity.

2019 A right­wing terrorist kills 50 people

during an attack on two mosques. MPs

vote unanimously to change the law to

restrict gun use and ownership.

2020 Taika Waititi wins best adapted screen­

play at the Oscars for Jojo Rabbit.

TIMELINE

Dutch visitor:

Abel Tasman

amendment

[E(mendmEnt]

, Zusatz, Anpassung

anchor [(ÄNkE]

, vor Anker gehen

chart sth. [tSA:t]

, etw. kartografisch

festhalten, aufzeichnen

constitution

[)kQnstI(tju:S&n]

, Verfassung

dominion [dE(mInjEn]

, Herrschaftsgebiet

ensign [(ensaIn]

, Flagge

gun [gVn] , hier: Waffe

intertribal war

[IntE)traIb&l (wO:]

, Stammeskrieg

living entity

[)lIvIN (entEti]

, lebendiges Wesen;

hier: juristische Person

Middlesbrough

[(mId&lzbrE]

, [wg. Aussprache]

mosque [mQsk]

, Moschee

ram sth. [rÄm]

, etw. rammen

resident [(rezIdEnt]

, hier: offizielle(r)

Vertreter(in) der britischen

Regierung

right-wing [)raIt (wIN]

, rechtsstehend;

hier: rechtsextrem

screenplay [(skri:npleI]

, Drehbuch

sovereignty [(sQvrEnti]

, Souveränität

tribe [traIb]

, Stamm, Ethnie

unanimously

[ju(nÄnImEsli]

, einstimmig

GOOD TO KNOW

⋅ New Zealand is divided into two

main islands, North Island and

South Island. Its coastline is 15,134

kilometres long.

⋅ Mount Cook is the highest

mountain, at 3,724 metres.

⋅ New Zealand lies along the Ring

of Fire, a series of active volcanoes

and earthquake epicentres. New

Zealand has a history of major

earthquake disasters, including

one in Christchurch in 2011, which

killed 185 people.

⋅ The Maori make up around 16.5

per cent of the population but 51.3

per cent of the prison population.

⋅ The most popular sports in New

Zealand are cricket and rugby

union. The All Blacks rugby union

team are the biggest name in the

sport. They have won the Rugby

World Cup a record three times.

⋅ Between 800,000 and a million

Kiwis live abroad — a percentage

of the population that is second

only to that of Ireland. Around

520,000 live in Australia and

around 60,000 in the UK.

⋅ The main tourist attractions

include the cities of Auckland,

Christchurch and Wellington. In

the countryside, there is Hokitika

Gorge, Abel Tasman National

Park, the town of Rotorua (home

to geothermals, hot springs and

geysers), the spectacular Milford

Sound fjord and Queenstown,

a centre for bungee jumping and

other extreme sports.

⋅ Waitangi Day commemorates the

signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

on 6 February 1840 (see timeline,

below).

⋅ In 1893, New Zealand became

the first country in the world to

give all women the right to vote in

parliamentary elections.

commemorate sth.

[kE(memEreIt]

, etw. feiern, einer

Sache gedenken

earthquake

[(§:TkweIk]

, Erdbeben

fjord [fi(O:d]

, [wg. Aussprache]

geothermal

[)dZi:EU(T§:m&l]

, hier: geothermisches

Feld

geyser

[(gi:zE / (gaIzE]

, Geysir

Kiwi [(ki:wi:] ifml.

, Neuseeländer(in)

rugby union

[)rVgbi (ju:niEn]

, Rugby (Union)

Popular sport: rugby union