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Famous New Zealanders:
Sir Edmund
Hillary :
First person to climb Mount Everest and also a famous Adventurer. He also climbed the Solomons, the European Alps, and went to the South pole. He also climbed alot of other New Zealand mountains.
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Captain James
Cook :
Discovered New Zealand with proof on his ship the Endeavor. Claimed New Zealand for the British Empire. He was first to map the country.James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, england on October 27, 1728.
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Lord Ernest Rutherford :
Split the atom, which allowed atom bombs to be created, helping end World War 2. Ernest Rutherford was born in Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand, in 1871, the fourth child and second son of 12 children.
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Atom Bomb.
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Dame Kiri Te
Kanawa :
Very famous opera singer and sang at Prince Charles and Princess Diana's royal wedding in 1981. Born 6 March 1944 in Gisborne. In 1999 she made a album called Maori songs. She sang in her last opera Vanessa in 2002
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Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi was made to show that the English people didn't want to ruin the Maori ways by destroying the first New Zealanders. The Treaty was signed in 1844 by the main Maori Cheifs and the representitives of England to show that the Maori had the same rights as the English.
The New Zealand Wars
During the New Zealand Wars, the government seized Maori lands for public use. The Maoris' morale was shaken by the wars and the seizure of their lands. Also, diseases continued to reduce the maori population.As Keith Sinclair has argued, the New Zealand Wars came about because new settlers from Britain had arrived in New Zealand.
The Maori Battalion
The Battalion had an impressive fighting record during the Second World War. They were considered 'feared warriors' and were sought after repeatedly when a special effort was required. Never was this more apparent than during the Battle of Cassino.At Cassino the Battalion was picked from the New Zealand Division to capture and hold the town's railway station. While some of the officers had reservations about the likelihood of success, the Maori soldiers saw it as an honour to be selected as the unit to spearhead the New Zealand attack.
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