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New Zealand History & Culture

Maori arrived from the central Pacific approximately 1000 years ago & named the country Aotearoa (Land of the Long White Cloud).

Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the 1st recorded European to document New Zealand in 1642. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, giving the British monarchy sovereignty over parts of NZ.

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