 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuEurope wokutanga anozivikanwa kuti akasvika muNew Zealand akanga ari muongorori wechiDutch Abel Tasman, uyo akasvika nengarava dzake Heemskerck uye Zeehaen muna 1642. Makore anopfuura 100 gare gare, muna 1769, kaputeni wengarava yeBritain James Cook weHM Bark Endeavour akaita kushanya kwake kwokutanga. Kubvira mukupera kwezana remakore rechi18, nyika yacho yaishanyirwa zvikuru nengarava dzeBritain, France neAmerica dzaivhima hove dzinonzi whale, dzaivhima hove dzinonzi seals, uye dzaiita zvokutengesa. Muna 1841 New Zealand yakava koloni yeBritain yakateverwa nenguva yehondo. New Zealand zvishoma nezvishoma yakatanga kuzvitonga uye yakawana kuzvitonga kwayo muna 1907. 