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The Maori were the first settlers in New Zealand, dated to the 1300s, and there may have been earlier visits. The earliest dated settlements are both in the South Island; Wairau Bar in Marlborough, and the mouth of the Shag river (Waihemo) in Otago. There may have been earlier settlements, but they remain to be found.

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