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A European population explosion first impacted on New Zealand in the closing decade of the 18th century when sealers and whalers began to arrive in their hundreds seeking to exploit local resources.
Charlotte lived with a Nga Puhi chief and refused to be 'rescued' on at least two occasions, before disappearing from the record.
Natives of New South Wales as seen in the streets of Sydney, 1830
The Australian states' wreath is laid each year at the Wellington Cenotaph by the Australia–New Zealand Association.
Key moments in New Zealand's cricketing rivalry with Australia