The first race to have been known to inhabit New Zealand were the Moriori's. This race died out after the arrival of the Maori who were reported to have eaten them due to the fact the maoris were cannibals. Capt James Cook was the first explorer from the Crown to navigate and chart New Zealand. This in turn started new immigrants arriving to New Zealand to start a new life.
To date, no raw diamonds have been discovered in the geography of New Zealand.
Abel Tasman "discovered" New Zealand in 1642.
# Captain Cook didn't discover New Zealand. # Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand. # Captain Cook just mapped and explored it.
Abel Tasman was a dutch explorer that discovered New Zealand.
The kiwi was first discovered on the North Island of New Zealand.
1852.
He discovered New Zealand.
No records exist regarding when Australia was first "discovered" by its indigenous people, whilst records concerning the Polynesians and Maori of New Zealand are not necessarily based on fact. It is likely, however, that Aborigines were in Australia long before any races were on New Zealand. Regarding discovery by Europeans explorers, to our knowledge, the Australian continent was discovered by Europeans, specifically Portuguese explorers, before New Zealand.
New Zealand is in Australasia
New Zealand was named after Zeeland, a province. It was discovered and named by Abel Tasman
Zeeland is a province in the Netherlands and Abel Tasman (who was from the Netherlands) named New Zealand after it, after he discovered it in 1642.
The answer is New Zealand discovered by Maori