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Culture 6 New Zealand – History

Reading Your culture

1 3.44 Read about New Zealand. Where is it? 3 In pairs, answer the questions.
2 3.44 Read about New Zealand again. 1 Where is your country?
Answer the questions. 2 Were there famous explorers in your country in
the past?
1 Where did the Maoris come from?
3 What are some important dates in your
2 Who was the first European to sail to New
country’s history? Why are they important?
Zealand?
3 Who made the first map of New Zealand? 4 Write a short paragraph about the history of
4 Why did European and North American ships your country. Use your answers to Exercise 3
come to New Zealand? and the New Zealand examples to help you.
5 In which century did New Zealand become part
of the British Empire?

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New Zealand is a country in the
south-western Pacific Ocean. It
has two large islands, the North
Island and the South Island, and
its capital is Wellington.

The first people in New Zealand In the
came from Polynesia in boats about nineteenth
a thousand years ago. We don’t century,
know exactly when they came. They many British
developed their own culture and people came
today we call them Maoris. to live in
For a long time the Maoris were New Zealand
the only people in the country. and they
Then, in 1642, the Dutch explorer, bought land
Abel Tasman, arrived with two from the
ships. Unfortunately, there was a Maoris. In
fight between the Europeans and 1840, the British government signed
the Maoris and many people died. an agreement with the Maoris,
Tasman left and Europeans did not the Treaty of Waitangi, and New
come again for many years. Zealand became part of the British
Empire. In 1893, New Zealand
In 1769, the British explorer, James
Cook, sailed to New Zealand and became the first country in the world
made the first maps of its coastline. to give women the right to vote.
After that, many European and North Today New Zealand is a quiet
American ships arrived. They wanted country with a high standard of living.
to hunt for whales in the Pacific and
trade with the Maoris.

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