HISTORY – SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

HISTORY – SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

The first published account of Cook's 1769–71 voyage – Hawkesworth's edition – appeared in 1773. New Zealand, previously a mere geographical enigma, became known for its human interest and commercial potentialities. Cook described the belligerent and intelligent natives, the great stands of timber, the flax plant, the seals, and the equable climate. Missionaries were drawn by his description of the people; traders and would-be colonisers by his description of resources.

• HISTORY – SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

• 1769–1840 Trade and Settlement

• The Establishment of Sovereignty

• 1840-55 Early Problems

• Grey's Administration

• Constitutional Government

• 1855–70 Provincial Politics

• The Drift to War

• Aftermath of War

• 1870–90 Economic Progress

• The Vogel Era

• Depression Problems

• 1890–1919 The Liberal Era

• The Entry of the State

• The Liberal Decline

• 1919–35 An Uneasy Period

• Economic Uncertainty

• The Depression

• 1935–49 The Labour Regime

• The Second World War

• Labour Party in Decline

• 1949–61

• Policy of the National Party

• Recent Trends

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.