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Why did European settlers come to New Zealand?
December 1642

By the time the first Europeans arrived, Māori had long settled the land, every corner of which came within the interest and influence of a tribal (iwi) or sub-tribal (hapū) grouping. Abel Tasman was the first of the European explorers known to have reached New Zealand, in December 1642.Britain was motivated by the desire to forestall the New Zealand Company and other European powers (France established a very small settlement at Akaroa in the South Island later in 1840), to facilitate settlement by British subjects and, possibly, to end the lawlessness of European (predominantly British and American) …When humans – first Maori and then European settlers – arrived in New Zealand, introduced mammals came with them: rats, possums, stoats, ferrets, weasels, deer, pigs, mice, cats, dogs and others.

Who arrived in New Zealand first : Māori

Māori were the first to arrive in New Zealand, journeying in canoes from Hawaiki about 1,000 years ago. A Dutchman, Abel Tasman, was the first European to sight the country but it was the British who made New Zealand part of their empire.

How did Europeans get to New Zealand

With the arrival of the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and subsequently the British explorer James Cook in 1769, the European world made its entry into tribal New Zealand.

What did the European settlers do in New Zealand : Early European settlers

Prior to 1840, it was mainly whalers, sealers, and missionaries who came to New Zealand. These settlers had considerable contact with Māori, especially in coastal areas. Māori and Pākehā (Europeans) traded extensively, and some Europeans lived among Māori.

This paper examines and attempts to explain migration from the United Kingdom to New Zealand between 1840 and 1914. New Zealand was colonized during a mass migration during which approximately 50 million people left Europe.

Many of the early British settlers came via New South Wales. Some were sealers or whalers; others were escaped convicts seeking a new chance; others were traders linking the mercantile world with the Māori communities; and a few came as missionaries bringing the gospel to the 'heathen'.

What did Europeans bring to NZ

Early European explorers introduced a wide range of food plants to New Zealand, including wheat, maize, potatoes, cabbage and carrots. An American whaler introduced a variety of kūmara (sweet potato) that was larger than the kūmara Māori previously grew.Portuguese and Spanish navigators sailed the Pacific Ocean in the 1500s, but there is no firm evidence that Europeans reached New Zealand before 1642. In that year the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sailed in search of the vast continent which many Europeans thought might exist in the South Pacific.Explorers, seamen, whalers and gold-diggers were the first Scandinavians to discover New Zealand – the furthest corner of the world. Some of them settled permanently in the Colony, sometimes sending letters of invitation to their compatriots to join them.

Most of those making the journey to Australia in the early twentieth century were British migrants seeking a healthy and prosperous life in another part of the Empire. After World War I, it was recognised that a larger population was needed to protect the Australian nation in the event of another war.

What was the reason for European explorers coming to the Pacific : Much of the European exploration of the Pacific was inspired by two obsessions: the search for the fastest routes to the spice-rich islands of the Moluccas (modern-day Maluku in Indonesia) and the theory that somewhere in the South Pacific lay a vast undiscovered southern continent, possibly also rich in gold, spices, …

What food did the European settlers bring to New Zealand : When Pākehā settlers arrived in New Zealand, Māori quickly embraced the new foods they brought, in particular:

  • wheat for flour.
  • sheep, pigs, goats and chickens.
  • vegetables such as pumpkin, potato, corn and maize, carrots and cabbage.

Is New Zealand settler colonialism

As a British settler colonial society, the nation, and the colonised Indigenous Maori were dominated by British monoculturalism for more than one hundred years, before a new bicultural framework was adopted in the 1980s in response to indigenous activism against colonialism.

There was less variation by region of origin. Those from South Africa were most likely to choose New Zealand for its safety from crime and violence, and those from Europe excluding the UK/Ireland were most likely to choose New Zealand for its environment and landscape.Some were sealers or whalers; others were escaped convicts seeking a new chance; others were traders linking the mercantile world with the Māori communities; and a few came as missionaries bringing the gospel to the 'heathen'.

Why did people immigrate to New Zealand : There was less variation by region of origin. Those from South Africa were most likely to choose New Zealand for its safety from crime and violence, and those from Europe excluding the UK/Ireland were most likely to choose New Zealand for its environment and landscape.