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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Waka hourua i Tonga, tekau tau atu i 1790

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Double-hulled canoe, Tonga, 1790s

Nā tētahi tohungatā Wīwī te pikitia nei o tētahi waka hourua i tā, e whakaatu ana i ētahi tāngata o Tonga me tētahi Pākehā ki runga. I te hekenga o ngā tāngata ki Aotearoa i te rau tau atu i 1200, i hoe rātou mā runga waka hourua.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-112-011

by Piron

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – The date debate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/4257/waka-hourua-i-tonga-tekau-tau-atu-i-1790 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.