The early Maori's first came to New Zealand more than 1000 years ago, and chief kupe was the first Maori who arrived to New Zealand .
The first cows arrived in New Zealand in 1814. They were Durham short horns which came from New South Wales.
The early settlers (Polynesians) arrived in New Zealand around 1250-1300 AD, while the Europeans (Dutch navigator Abel Tasman) first arrived in 1642.
Actually, the sealing gangs were brought to New Zealand first, followed soon after by the Whalers. Sealing is a low capital intensity industry - you just dump a few sealers on the coast and return several months later to pick up the skins they have collected. Whaling is more capital intensive, it uses more equipment, and the product has to be stored on board for the whole of the season. And several whaling boats have to be used in the actual hunt.
The first rats introduced to New Zealand were the Polynesian rat or kiore. They came with the Maori settlers in around 1300.
The people of New Zealand will always have a connection with Mount Everest because Edmund Hillary, who came from New Zealand was the first person to reach its summit.
The Maori people were the first inhabitants of New Zealand.
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Edmund Hillary came from New Zealand and he was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953.
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In December 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted a new land which he described as mountainous and covered in cloud in the south, but more barren in the north.