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Aotearoa = the original Maori name (usually meant for just the North Island but has come to mean the entire country.)
And Abel Tasman named it Staten Landt when he discovered it. It was than cartographed as Nova Zeelandia after the dutch province and then it became New Zealand.
Nieuw Zeeland after a province in Europe and Aotearoa by the Maori people.
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What wrere the earliest settlers of New Zealand?
Maori.
What is the name of the first group of settlers in new zealand?
The first nations peoples of New Zealand, Aotearoa, are the Maori.
Was the Maori people were the first to live in New Zealand?
No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.
Were Maori the first people to settle in New Zealand?
Yes, the Maori are the original inhabitants of the islands we now call New Zealand.
Who were the first settlers in NZ?
It's considered that the first inhabitants of the territory of New Zealand were the Maoris. According to them, the first explorer that reached that land was called Kupe, he navigated following the stars and ocean currents, he came from his native Polynesia, concretely from the island of Hawaiki, approximately 1000 years ago.
What wrere the earliest settlers of New Zealand?
Maori.
What are the differences between maori and pakeha?
Maori's are indigenous to New Zealand, Pakeha are the White- born New Zealanders...so the english settlers'- ancestry..if that's what you want to call it.
Who were the earliest settlers of New Zealand?
If you mean the earliest civilization, it is the maori.
What is the name of the first group of settlers in new zealand?
The first nations peoples of New Zealand, Aotearoa, are the Maori.
Was the Maori people were the first to live in New Zealand?
No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.
Maori are the original inhabitants of which country?
The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. They are considered the first settlers of the country, arriving in New Zealand many centuries ago.
Who were earliest settlers of New Zealand?
Polynesians who settled in Aotearoa and became the Maori.
What do you call a native in New Zealand?
Maori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Were Maori the first people to settle in New Zealand?
Yes, the Maori are the original inhabitants of the islands we now call New Zealand.
Who lived in New Zealand after the Maori?
The Maori still live in New Zealand. Now they share that land with the descendants of European settlers, and with other who migrated there from other parts of the world.
Who were the first settlers in NZ?
It's considered that the first inhabitants of the territory of New Zealand were the Maoris. According to them, the first explorer that reached that land was called Kupe, he navigated following the stars and ocean currents, he came from his native Polynesia, concretely from the island of Hawaiki, approximately 1000 years ago.
What date did the early Maori settlers come to New Zealand?
Maori came and settled Aotearoa between 1000 and 1300 AD. The first Polynesian explorers came about 2,000 years ago.
