A Super Quick History of New Zealand 

I'd like to mention that a lot of grief and conflict between Maori and Europeans is due to the fact the Te Reo Maori and English versions of the initial treaty aren't one for one. There are many miss translations, these are still being dealt with to this day. Also early on Europeans where sold NZ land while in England, then when they arrive here they find a native tribe calling it home. Mainly because the Europeans understanding of land use and ownership was very different from the Maori. But also because those who sold the land didn't care much for the end result, they just wanted to sell as much land and make money off nothing, as they themselves didn't do much to gain the land.

New Zealand might be a beautiful country with alot of sightseeing and culture but its housing and cost of living issues are an actual pain to live through on minimum wage.

I'd like to add more information here that came directly from the oral history of Moriori descendants as there appears to be some who don't know the true stories of the Moriori people. This is an essay I spent 4 hours writing into the wee hours after seeing some misinformed comments. Read if you'd like, cross-checking is encouraged and feel free to leave a comment below to share your thoughts! The Myth of Moriori: For generations the myth of our history has been that: New Zealand Mainland was home to a race of people called the Moriori and that they were a primitive and inferior people, with red hair and of Melanesian “stock”. They lived without war and lived in peace for hundreds of years. And that eventually, when Maori arrived, Moriori were slaughtered, cannibalised, and were forced out of New Zealand into the Chatham Islands. Maori are the reason that the first people of NZ are extinct. Paraphrasing from Maui Solomon: "The Moriori myth is powerfully ingrained in the psyche of New Zealanders because it provides a convenient justification for European migrants, to the colonisation of Maori in Aotearoa and their displacement from their lands. If Maori can do it to Moriori, then the British can do it to Maori.” Original Inhabitants of the Chatham Islands: Moriori actually travelled directly from Eastern Polynesia and settled in the Chatham Islands. Then later waka from the East Coast of the North Island found people living there and then there were then two settlements that created a composite of people within the Chatham Islands. These great ancestors lived a pacifist lifestyle that followed the teachings of their tribal elder Nukunuku, where war was banned and peace was the forefront of their unique culture. The Maori Invasion: After hundreds of years of living in peace with one another... this all changed, because in 1835 two Maori tribes from Taranaki (Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama) invaded the Chatham Islands, killing around 300 of 2000 Moriori people, despite offerings of peaceful hospitality. Moriori did not fight back because of their strong pacifist beliefs, leaving them overrun by their invaders. The Maori tribes responsible, cannibalised, enslaved and forced, brutal labour upon Moriori, they took away their language and the right to marry or have children. Their slavery did not end until the late 1860's. NZ Governments Failings & The Injustice: (Mainly sourced directly from Maui Solomon) The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and Moriori did not receive any recognition or relief of their slavery until long afterwards. Decades after the invasion, in 1862, Moriori elders pleaded in a letter to New Zealand's Governor George Grey to help them bring justice, emancipation and restoration of their land rights through the colonial government. And while things started to look hopeful, no help came their way. Instead, by the 1870's the Native Land Court, which proceeded, in just one week of sittings, awarded 98 percent of all the land on and around the Chatham Islands to, their enslavers, the Ngati Mutunga tribe. Ngati Tama, who had returned to their homes in Taranaki by 1868, didn’t make any claims to land. By 1870, a significant majority of Ngati Mutunga had also returned to their traditional home in Taranaki. Judge John Rogan, who had sat on the Taranaki courts in the mid-1860s and had “fixed ideas” before he even arrived on the island, presided over the court hearings. He determined that Moriori had been “conquered” by Maori and therefore had forfeited their right to practically all of their lands - even though, by 1870, Moriori outnumbered Maori living on the Rekohu (Chatham Islands). Judge Rogan paid no regard to the ancient custom of peace that Moriori had lived by on Rekohu (Chatham Islands) for many centuries, or to the fact that they had made a conscious decision, at a large gathering in early 1836, not to fight and kill the Maori invaders by way of retaliation. Many of the young men present at that meeting wanted to fight back but the leading elders forbade it. Moriori, having lost their lives, lands, liberty, and language - they were forbidden to speak their language by their captors - they were then subject to widespread slander and deliberate mythmaking by some historians and the education system. Throughout all this time, The Crown was aware of these crimes against Moriori, and still, they purposefully refused to intervene despite their obligations to protect Moriori as “British citizens”, as is guaranteed in Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi. Moriori Today: (Conclusion) Over the past 40 or so years, Moriori have been gaining recognition and finally in 2020 received a deed of settlement from The Crown. The tribunal found that the Crown should pay Moriori compensation for the slavery they suffered under Maori during the mid-1800s. The terms include an agreed account of Moriori history; a Crown apology; the transfer of culturally significant land on Rekohu (Chatham Islands); and compensation to the tune of $18 million. The report also officially acknowledges and declares Moriori as the true tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands. Moriori are the indigenous peoples of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) and Rangihaute (Pitt Island), with their own unique language (70 percent surviving re Moriori differs from te reo Maori) history and traditions. 90 percent of Moriori live off Chatham Islands and their legacy continues through the following generations, mixed with other ethnicities and even have hokopapa/whakapapa/genealogy that connects them to the Ngati Mutunga tribe aswell. However, while this is a great triumph for Moriori people, there are still fights to be won and to this day they seek to fight for peace, justice and are looking to create a brighter future as tangata whenua of the Chatham Islands. Thanks for reading :) Edit: Grammar

This is cool. My dad straight up told me I was a direct descendant of Hone Heke, and I believed him because that's my family name, until I visited my great aunt for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she told me that his dad lied to him about that and we're actually non-direct descendants because mans had no surviving children LMFAO. When I was a kid I went around telling literally everyone I was Hone Heke's direct descendant for YEARS. Anyway I don't know why I said this. Thank you for your video. Peace out

Golden Bay is the name of the whole region from Farewell Spit to Taupo Point, and there's still a small bay within that region called Murderer's Bay that you can only reach by boat. It's a beautiful spot! My family almost got stranded there when a storm rolled in once, which is fitting i guess

As a New Zealander, I am very satisfied with the detail you put in the video Well done!

Ah yes. The high quality of life which may or may not include 2 million dollar shacks we call ‘2 bedroom 1 bath houses’.

For anyone curious, The Aotearoa History Show channel has done a great deep dive into our countries history from wayyyyy back in the day of the dino up until today. While this video does a good job of the major plot points and general history, there is much more to learn for those who are willing to do so!

Hi! As a New Zealander, this was well researched for the most part, but I do have some feedback: 1: Maori is pronounced with a trilled R 2: The plural form of Maori is still Maori 3: I noticed you pronounced Wharenui like Wharanui 4: The incident at Murderers bay had casualties on both sides, inflicted by both parties 5: In the Boyd massacre, the offenders were previously provoked in some way, and, when the Europeans wanted revenge, they attacked the wrong iwi, despite the offending iwi admitting to being the offenders 6: The Maori didn't sign the same treaty as the British, the Maori version allowed the Maori to keep sovereignty over Aotearoa, with the British having governance 7: The "purchasing" was very unfair a lot of the time, for example, one Marae was sold to the British by a fake owner, what's worse is that the British had the option to cross-check the owner but didn't, this happened frequently 8: In the New Zealand land confiscations, the British took land unfairly, unlawfully, and also took land from the few iwi who sided with them which was... interesting

It is rather funny that a mini-documentary angled towards people outside of New Zealand has a comment section full of New Zealanders, and very few outsiders. I would generally be annoyed at someone who is not from New Zealand doing a video on NZ history, but there were no wrong facts, and at least you are Australian. Keep it up!

as a New Zealander (Kiwi) you perfected that accent at the beginning

Big thing. The pakeha weren’t the best translators so a lot of the things in the English version didn’t carry through to the Maōri version. This is what caused a lot of feud and violence

I've been waiting for this video ever since I found your channel. Pronunciations were a bit off with some words but other than that it was overall a great video and Im incredibly happy to see a well rounded recounting of New Zealands history. As a side note Maori is pronounced more like mold-ie than mau-ri. People get in trouble but it usually doesn't matter as long as it is a genuine mistake rather than an intentional insult.

New Zealand is one of my favorite countries it’s such a peaceful and calm country with amazing nature +kiwi bird (and the kakapo)

Thank you for this awesome video, love from NZ! :)

The man who performed the first transgender operation (Harold Gillies) was from New Zealand, he was a plastic surgeon in WW1. They also have the longest place name (84 letters)

What about the first people to settle New Zealand before the Māori people arrived?

why is every treaty always a scam 💀💀💀💀💀

I found out the other day that The actor who plays Homelander in the boys is also a kiwi

Good video bro. I'd just add in that Maori formed a recognised independent country called Niu Tireni or The United Tribes of NZ on October 28th 1835, with our own flag and ways of governance. Many Maori today still hold the Whakaputanga (declaration of independence) in high regard, often higher regard than the treaty

0:37 imagine if the Moa and the giant Moa (yes there were two species) still existed to this day Also quick fun fact when both moas went extinct another animal that preyed on them went extinct as well (It was a giant eagle but I don’t remember it’s name sadly)

this is probably the best nz history video i’ve seen done by a non-kiwi! your pronunciation wasn’t perfect but so much better than other channels, well done 👍

As a New Zealander this video was fantastic, well done mate! Easily the best country in the world. Cheers for making this video and keep it up!

Thank you so much for actually doing research and for all the history you covered

Can't afford a house.. or food.. but at least the scenery is nice.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!!!!

Thanks for discussing our country :) This place is incredible and encourage you to check out a summer pastime of a lot of teenagers here; the ‘manu’ bomb.

What, no Homelander on your 'movie star' bit? :) Nice video bro.

as A Kiwi myself i've gotta say you've got this spot on

As a New Zealander house prices have gotten crazy my family’s house was originally 300,000$ now it’s 800,000$

Top notch mate

as a kiwi i think its wonderful seeing people talk about our country. thank you for this, its important for people to stay educated. i believe it was done pretty well :o)

Chur bro. Have to buy you a beer when youre in my home next 😁🍺 love New Zealand ❤️

Imagine what a pain it would be filling in forms if you lived on that hill!

Bro you know more about NZ history than about 90 percent of the population here lol

This is new Zealand bro let's have a look cuz. I laughed so hard my bro u actually sound like my south African mate who lives here in nz lmao

With the treaty of Waitangi or te tiriti o Waitangi, the 2 versions were very different, with the deal the māori agreed to being very different from what the British agreed to. There's contention about why this was, whether it was out of malicious intent or ignorance (most likely it was probably both). The necessity of te tiriti for Māori was caused by some "deals" made by the British especially the New Zealand Company/wakefield, that were at best very shady, and at worst downright stealing land (sidenote; the school I went to had houses I was in the Wakefield house. That being the Wakefield that stole Māori land, and also abducted an underage girl, with the intention to marry her). The oppression of the crown was crushing. A brave resistance movement grew led by 2 charismatic prophets Te Whiti Roingomai and Tohu Kākahi. They founded Parihaka, which is a settlement in the Taranaki region. Men would go out to land stolen from them and would plough it. For this peaceful defiance the men were forced into labor. When land inspectors came and planted pegs into the soil, they pulled them out and tore down walls that were being erected without their permission on their land. Then one day in 1881 years after the treaty was signed I might add, 1500 militia and armed members of the constabulary armed with riffles and backed by the British/NZ government invaded the village of Parihaka. They were met with children skipping and offered bread by the people of Parihaka. The people of Parihaka were not violent in any way, the same though cannot be said for the British invaders. They pillaged, destroyed, and raped. Te Whiti and Tohu were taken away, arrested. An official apology was not given until 2017

My lovely country you and Geography Now are the best

He forgot to mention our non existent interest rates, our ballooning inflation rates and our laughable education system

Excellent as always!

Great video but I have watched a few videos which show evidence of pre Moari peoples long before 1200s. Possibly Celtic

From the get go you wer incorrect the moriori are the first inhabitants on new zealand and got killed of by the maori when they landed.

Thanks for making a history of my home country

Nice video

Awesome video again 🙌🔥

Great video.

Wonderful video! Love it!

You skipped any reference to the Mori Ori.

0:40 “these little things” are in fact the kiwi bird, the icon of Aotearoa. 🇳🇿

Fun fact : I worked at the place where the picture of the man and the merino sheep was taken . its called the agrodome and still operates today

If anyone would like a more accurate and articulate version of NZ history, I suggest you look for the documentary Skeletons in the Cupboard by Gabi Plumm.....it will fry your brains and make you ask questions.

We've done alright at coming together as a country however since there are differences between the treaty and te tiriti, theres been existing conflict from the start which remains prevalent today because of our history

What country is coming next

You forgot the Mori-ori, there before Maori

I have to say as a new Zealander you thought this better than the education system

And there you have it..any idea where it all went wrong 🤔✌️

Love the hobbit hole you added.

Pretty good a bit more detail on the Taranaki land wars and taking of land from Māori would have been good

STOP WHY DID IT START WITH THAT IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD😭😭

Just curious that you passed over the independence in the 1830's

Aswell as murderers bay we also have cape kidnappers the difference is one still has that name

As a kiwi I like the level of detail in this

Underrated channel. But do you know the channel sidequest? A couple of months ago it had like 50k subscribers when i found it. Then it exploded. Maybe will happen here too?

YEAAAAAAAA NEW ZEALANDE WOOOOOOOOO btw that Haka I never heard in ages far out I like this guy

nice to know!

What about the 29 of June with the bohemians arrival

apart from pronunciation, everything else seemed to add up just fine. thats also the first time ive heard about the reason we changed our capital to Wellington - cool stuff!

love from jabalpur

i am nz and good to see people see us as a county

I’m a kiwi or a New Zealand citizen but you forget Colin Murdoch he invented the plastic needle so it could be thrown in the bin so we wouldn’t have a metal needle

Kiwi has came

Woo ... Invercargill at 3:31

Also the latency to game servers usually sucks

Mr history can you do history of Nicaragua 🇳🇮

I am indeed from New Zealand so I have gone threw alot of it's history in school and I can say you did a good job explaining it 😊👍

Research Parihaka and the 1881 invasion for a more accurate depiction of the history of 'New Zealand' and how it become the place it is today.

yeah sounds about right XD, solid video

The British: *Take land from the Maori.* The Maori: "Bro, can you stop?" The British: "Ho there chap, you seem quite upset. Why don't we take some more land to let you cool off?" The Maori: "..." *>:(*

Ouch, I didn't know about the cannibalism.

That accent is so funny

look into the assassination cove for first visits

Weren't the moriori here first??

This is awesome but I went to school in nz and I knew all of this

I always loved New Zealand, because it was suitable for filming like Power Rangers, Pete’s Dragon, Lord of the Rings, etc. 😊

Bruh please learn to pronounce Maori correctly! Other than that, pretty good video. I wish you'd highlighted a little more how the British pretty much shat all over the treaty of Waitangi and ignored anything in it that wasn't convenient for them because they considered it more of a formality or gesture than an actual treaty.

Kiwi fruits

I live in New Zealand 🇳🇿 😍 ❤ ♥ 💕 💓 🇳🇿 😍 ❤ ♥ 💕 💓 🇳🇿

Finally New Zealand

Completely skipped the part about the Moriori settlers which may or may not have been here before the Maori were 🥴

Amazing video

Nice job I was ready to type bad comment but everything is accurate

New Zealand is actually on its own Continent. Called Zealandia

No reference to sheep?

i think that about 80% of the people that watched this ether live or where born i new Zealand (me included) and the remaining 20% are being forced to watch this at school or maybe being shown this by a friend and the final possibility its just someone interested in us kiwi's

oh my God would the hell was that jump scarehelp I can sleep tonightwell jump scare happy😱😱😱😱

Good work! Ignore the nitpicking moaners, though!

Compared to the rest of the world, NZ's history is literally 4:07 long

I live there

Cool

I am a well new zealender and i only new like half of that but most of it was true i think