1868 The first Maori MPs, Frederick Nene Russell and Tareha Te Moananui, are elected to Parliament. 1884 The first representative NZ rugby team... Read more » 2009 June - New Zealand's economy shrinks for the fifth consecutive quarter, making it officially the longest recession in the country's history. The history of photography in New Zealand dates from the 1840s. 2009 August - …

1840 The Treaty of Waitangi is signed. A timeline of some major events in New Zealand’s history. 1300's - 1700's (1350) Maori ancestors arrived in New Zealand on seven legendary canoes from Hawaiki (Great Migration) (1642) Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman, discovered New Zealand, claimed for Holland; Maori killed four of Tasman's crew; Dutch charted west of North Island (1700 - 1730) Ngai Tahu migrated from Wellington to the South Island (1769 - 1770) English explorer, Capt. Today it’s hard to imagine life without photographic images. 1642 – Abel Janszoon Tasman becomes the first European explorer to reach New Zealand. 1769 – English explorer Captain James Cook makes his first voyage to the islands. 1642 Abel Tasman anchors at Golden Bay.

1769 NZ is sighted by Captain James Cook aboard the Endeavour. 600 A.D. -1300 A.D – The first inhabitants of New Zealand, the Maori, arrived by canoe from islands in Polynesia. Timeline of key events related to New Zealand's 19th-century wars.. About 1807: First use of muskets in battle in New Zealand, by Ngāpuhi 1809: Crew of Boyd killed by Ngāti Uru at Whangaroa 1818–25: Ngāpuhi raids across North Island 1821–6: Ngāti Toa and other iwi migrate from Waikato to Wellington area 1829–37: Ngāti Toa and allies fight Ngāi Tahu in South Island 1854 NZ’s first Parliament sits in Auckland (it later moves to Wellington). History of New Zealand photography. Their ubiquity extends from the newspaper to the art gallery, from the billboard to the family album, from …