Early New Zealand was inhabited only by birds until 1642 when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman arrived but was driven away by the native Maori people. The Maori lived in homes made from cut down trees and fished using spears, trading with English settlers who later arrived and attempted to claim ownership of New Zealand through the Treaty of Waitangi, leading to conflicts and wars between the two groups over control of the land.

1. BY Caelum Hanlon. Early New Zealand

2. New Zealand was once a land of birds and no people.

3. In 1642 a Dutch man named Able Tasman sailed to New Zealand but he got driven away by the Maori.

4. The people cut down trees to make houses .

5. This is a Maori tribes home, they catch with a spear.

6. The treaty of Waitangi was a peace of paper that would let the English own New Zealand.

7. Able Tasman was the first man to sail to New Zealand.

8. Here men are digging for gold

9. In 1850 whaling stations started to close down because they couldn’t find much more whales.

10. Soon there were wars between the Maori & the English. Guns shot spears flew as they battled to the death.

11. The Maori and the English traded lots of things.

12. The end