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New Zealand
Pacific island country, first reached by Europeans when Tasman anchored in Golden Bay in 1642.
Place
Identifiers
Wikidata Q664
Sources
Book
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
Website
New Zealand
Appears in
10 items
Pandemics
1 item
The Talune docks at Apia
7 Nov 1918
Settling the Pacific
5 items
One pulse to the far corners
1190
Aotearoa settled
c. 1275
Kaharoa eruption
c. 1314
Moriori settle Rēkohu
c. 1500
Tupaia’s chart
1769
The Age of Discovery
1 item
Tasman reaches New Zealand
19 Dec 1642
The Modern Olympic Games
1 item
African nations walk out of Montreal
Jul 1976
Votes for Women
2 items
Kate Sheppard’s petitions
1891
New Zealand’s Electoral Act becomes law
19 Sep 1893
Mentioned in
1 item
Shackleton’s Endurance
1 item
Aurora: the relief of the Ross Sea party
20 Dec 1916
