The History of New Zealand

The History of New Zealand

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Jun 25, 2023

🇳🇿 The History of New Zealand begins in the Middle Ages, when humans first arrived in the form of the Polynesian explorer Kupe. New Zealand was the last significant land mass on Earth to be settled by humans. The following five centuries saw the development of what became the Maori culture. The first European to sight the islands was Abel Tasman in 1642, but it was Cook in 1769 that thoroughly mapped the islands, leading the way for the first European settlers in the following decades.

 

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👉0:00 Intro and Titles

👉1:35 Overview

👉2:52 Before Humans / Polynesian Discovery

👉3:52 The Maori Centuries

👉4:31 European Discovery / Tasman / Cook

👉5:45 Initial European Settlement / Musket Wars

👉7:19 Declaration of Maori Independence / Treaty of Waitangi

👉8:32 The New Zealand Wars

👉10:04 British Sovereignty and Early Colony

👉11:53 Liberal Party 1893-1910

👉12:34 Agricultural Exports to Britain

👉13:13 20th Century to 1970s

👉15:15 Maori Urbanisation / Waitangi Tribunal

👉16:33 Crisis of the 1970s / Rogernomics of the 1980s

👉17:45 Nuclear Free Zone / Rainbow Warrior

👉19:03 Summary and Outro

 

🇳🇿 Initial contacts between Europeans and Maoris was peaceful, although the trading of land for muskets resulted in the Musket Wars of the early 1800s. The British sought to control the disorganised state of land purchases with the Maori through the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840, which established British Sovereignty of New Zealand and the first colony. Many Maori tribes felt they had been deceived by the treaty, and rebelled in the decades-long New Zealand Wars of the mid 1800s, in which many lands were confiscated by the British from the Maori.

 

🇳🇿 British settlement of New Zealand accelerated during this time. The British settlers were given a parliament in 1852, and the capital moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865. Gradually the forests were transformed to pastureland and millions of sheep generated wool to be sent back to the mills of Britain. Later came meat, butter and fruits, an export trade that dominated the New Zealand economy for a century or more.

 

🇳🇿 The Liberal Party reforms at the end of the 19th Century included New Zealand bringing the first equal votes of women anywhere in the world. 🇳🇿 New Zealanders joined Britain with the ANZACs in World War I, and again supported the mother country in World War II. New Zealand would finally gain full independence from Britain in 1947, after earlier gaining Dominion status in 1907. Post war international relations continued with Britain but also the USA in the form of the ANZUS pact that saw New Zealand troops supporting the US in Vietnam.

 

🇳🇿 Domestically New Zealand suffered as agricultural exports slumped in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Out of this came a welfare state that increasingly dominated the economy up to the 1980s. But the 1970s saw New Zealand lose its greatest trading partner when Britain joined the EEC in 1973. New Zealand was forced to change its economic base and this accelerated with the economic liberalisation of the 1980s and "Rogernomics".

 

🇳🇿 New Zealand finally separated from any influence of the USA when it declared a Nuclear Free Zone in 1984. The subsequent failure of the USA to condemn France's sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour the following year confirmed this fracture.

 

 

What New Zealand can teach us about reparations

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Dec 16, 2022

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When the British colonized New Zealand, they left the country’s indigenous Māori population with nearly no land; war and new diseases they introduced to the islands nearly killed off all Māori. Nevertheless, Māori managed to survive — and for decades they protested against the British crown’s pillaging. By the 1970s, the crown could no longer ignore Māori’s mass uprisings rallying for justice; it was forced to respond and established a tribunal to investigate how it violated Māori sovereignty over New Zealand. Since 1995, the British crown has been engaged in a process of land settlements with Māori — giving the tribes back land and cash, and offering apologies for their historical and modern-day thefts. By putting billions of dollars into this reparations program since the mid-1990s, New Zealand is leading the world with this kind of atonement and redress. In this special episode of Missing Chapter, Vox reporter Fabiola Cineas traveled across New Zealand to explore how Māori are using the compensation to build a new future for themselves — and to investigate what the US can learn about reparations from their story.

 

Let us know your thoughts about Vox’s reporting on reparations and the impact it has had on you.

 

 

How Progressive New Zealand Shifted Right | Foreign Correspondent

 

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Sep 19, 2024 NEW ZEALAND

 

Across New Zealand tensions are running high with Māori protestors warning the country is facing a watershed moment on race relations.

 

The protestors are angry with the new agenda of the conservative coalition government which has seen the lightning rollback of Māori programs and policies.

This week on Foreign Correspondent reporter Emily Clark travels to New Zealand to find out why the country that produced the icon of the left – Jacinda Ardern - has shifted firmly to the right and what’s driving the desire to wind back the special status of Māori.

 

New Zealand: Over 35,000 Protesters Rally Over Maori Rights Bill

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Nov 20, 2024 #newzealand #maori #protest

New Zealand: Over 35,000 Protesters Rally Over Maori Rights Bill | Firstpost America

 

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside New Zealand's Parliament in one of the largest rallies in the country's history. The demonstration opposes the Treaty Principles Bill, a controversial proposal to narrow interpretations of the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between the British Crown and Maori community leaders.

 

Critics argue the bill threatens to erase decades of progress on Maori rights and deepen racial divides.

 

Chants of "Kill the bill!" echoed as demonstrators performed the Haka and presented a 203,653-signature petition. Last week, 22-year-old MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke made headlines by tearing up the bill in Parliament and performing Haka, sparking nationwide attention and fuelling the backlash.

 

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