Aotearoa Aotearoa is the Maori name for the country of New Zealand. The literal translation of Aotearoa is "land of the long white cloud". New Zealand has been inhabited by Maori since approximately 1300 AD. Dutch navigator Abel Tasman was the rst European...
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Aotearoa Aotearoa is the Maori name for the country of New Zealand. The literal translation of Aotearoa is "land of the long white cloud". New Zealand has been inhabited by Maori since approximately 1300 AD. Dutch navigator Abel Tasman was the rst European to discover New Zealand during his voyage of 1642– 43, although he never set foot on the land. In 1769 the explorer James Cook arrived in New Zealand and claimed it for Great Britain, but it wasn't until the late 1700s that the rst Europeans began to settle in New Zealand. In 1835 the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by 34 Maori chiefs. The Declaration asserted the independence of New Zealand, with all sovereign power and authority residing with the hereditary chiefs and tribes. A few years later on 6 February 1840, Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) between Maori and the Crown was signed. The Treaty guaranteed Maori full possession of their land in exchange for their recognition of British sovereignty
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