The first settlers were the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori. The first European settlers came from Great Britain.
The early Maori came from Eastern Polynesia.
The early settlers (Polynesians) arrived in New Zealand around 1250-1300 AD, while the Europeans (Dutch navigator Abel Tasman) first arrived in 1642.
They are Western honey bees, imported by early European settlers.
William Tucker was the first European settler to come to the area of Dunedin, New Zealand. He arrived in 1815.
The early Maori settlers arrived in New Zealand around 1250-1300 AD.
The parson bird.
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England and Europe
France and England
The maoris eated moa in new zealand.
1839.
because there were no laws in NZ, so James busby had come to protect Maori and British settlers :)