Because it is a nice place that they thought they would like to live in.
The British were always looking for land to settle. After the discovery of Australia, they also claimed the many islands surrounding it.
where did they settle in new zealand.
They are Western honey bees, imported by early European settlers.
New Zealand was colonised by the British in the 1840s, when European settlers arrived, however the native Maori people have inhabited New Zealand since about 1300 AD, arriving from Polynesia on long canoes.
William Tucker was the first European settler to come to the area of Dunedin, New Zealand. He arrived in 1815.
Captain Cook did not settle in New Zealand. He made three voyages to the Pacific and visited New Zealand on four separate occasions. He led the first British expedition to discover New Zealand and the first to set foot on new Zealand. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand but did not land there. Captain James Cook was the first to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.
A boat
No, he was New Zealand European.
A New Zealand European.
Yes. New Zealand is as modern as the United States and the western European nations.
Initially, New Zealand was governed from New South Wales as part of that territory.
The Kiwi bird is indigenous to New Zealand.
The first settlers were the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori. The first European settlers came from great britain.