Skip to main content

Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Te Wairau

Image
Wairau Bar, Marlborough

Mōhiotia ai tēnei wāhi ko Te Wairau, te tutakitanga o te awa o Te Wairau me te moana. Koinei te kāinga o ngā tāngata patu moa i ō rātou rā, ā, kua kitea i ngā whaipara tangata, te nui o ngā kōiwi o te moa me ētahi kōiwi tangata. Ko te whakaaro, e 100 ki te 200 tau rānei i muri i te taenga o te tangata ki Aotearoa, ka ngaro te moa. I tua atu, he rite ngā taonga i kitea me ngā tūpāpaku i Te Wairau ki ngā taonga tērā ka kitea i ngā Kuki Airani, i ngā motu o Society me ngā motu o Marquesas i Poronihia ki te rāwhiti.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

by Kevin Jones

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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/3616/te-wairau (accessed 4 June 2026).

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