Origins
Te Ao Māori
Origins
Te Ao Pākehā
Te Ao Māori
Te Ao Pākehā
Encounters
100

Discovered Aotearoa 1000-1300 CE?

Kupe

100

Continent with oldest human archaeological evidence (migration map starts here...)

Africa

100

Māori waka arrive?

1200-1300 CE

100

Dominant religion of the Common Era

Christianity

100

Area named after first European Explorer to reach NZ 1642

Abel Tasman

200

Which atua made the first woman?

Tāne

200

First man and woman, and where?

Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden

200

Oldest archaeological site in New Zealand?

Wairau Bar

200

Church of the Middle Ages 

Roman Catholic Church

200

European contact 1769 full name and nationality?

Captain James Cook (of the Royal British Navy)

300

Early Polynesian ancestors migrated from?

South-East Asia

300

Three-age system of European pre-history in order?

Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age

300

Kāianga and Pa 1300-1500 CE?

Villages with fortifications 
300

Era of "rebirth" 15th + 16th centuries 

Renaissance 

300

Area of NZ where first interactions occurred?

Gisborne

400

Early artifact links from which culture?

Lapita

400

Meaning of Greek word "democracy"?
dēmos + kratos

"People" + "Rule"

400

Kumara crops emerged in the...?

Transitional Phase 1200-1400 CE

400

Religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church in the 16th Century

Protestant Reformation

400

A person who draws maps?

Cartographer

500

In the beginning...?

Ranginui (the sky)
Papatūānuku (the earth)

500

Genesis 1:1?

"In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth"

500

Iwi migrations: How many tribes in Te Tau Ihu?

Eight tribes

  • Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne and Ngāti Apa (from the Kurahaupō canoe)

  • Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa (from the Tainui canoe)

  • Ngāti Tama and Te Āti Awa (from Taranaki).

 

500

Enlightenment Era time period?

Late 17th century into the 18th century

500

Date Te Tiriti was signed?

6th February 1840