<P> From 1840 there was considerable European settlement , primarily from England and Wales , Scotland and Ireland ; and to a lesser extent the United States , India , China , and various parts of continental Europe , including the province of Dalmatia in what is now Croatia , and Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic . Already a majority of the population by 1859 , the number of Pākehā settlers increased rapidly to reach over one million by 1916 . </P>
<P> From 1840 there was considerable European settlement , primarily from England and Wales , Scotland and Ireland ; and to a lesser extent the United States , India , China , and various parts of continental Europe , including the province of Dalmatia in what is now Croatia , and Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic . Already a majority of the population by 1859 , the number of Pākehā settlers increased rapidly to reach over one million by 1916 . </P>
when did the european settlers come to new zealand
when did the european settlers come to new zealand
From 1840
From 1840