New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands.

In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire, and in 1907 it became a dominion; it gained full statutory independence in 1947, and the British monarch remained the head of state.

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4 Replies to “New Zealand”

  1. Kia Ora
    please let me know if you have unsed Aotearoa New Zealand stamps available, for example the 40c Araiteuru Nroth Island sea guardian, my e-mail address is paulgourlie@outlook.com
    nga mihi Paul
    Kia Ora ano

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