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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Ngā paparanga ngarehu o Taupō me Kaharoa

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The Taupō and Kaharoa ash layers

Ka whakaatu te whakaahua nei i ngā paparanga ngārehu i horahia, nō te wā o ngā hū o Taupō (232 AD ±15) me Kaharoa (1314 AD ±12); kei te one o Waihī i Te Moana a Toitehuatahi tēnei wāhi. Kitea ai te paparanga o Taupō i runga ake i te wai, ko te paparanga o Kaharoa kei waenganui. He momo tikanga ine i te taenga o te tangata, te tātari i ngā paparanga ngārehu nō te wā o ngā hū: ko ngā paparanga o runga ngā mea tōmuri rawa, ko ngā paparanga o raro iho ngā mea tahito. Kāore anō kia kitea he taunakitanga kei raro iho i ngā paparanga ngārehu nei e tohu ana ki te noho a te tangata ki Aotearoa.

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University of Waikato

by David J. Lowe

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Radiocarbon dating, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3615/nga-paparanga-ngarehu-o-taupo-me-kaharoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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