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Chronology of Key Events
| 1300 | Although there was earlier settlement, the ancestors of the Māori begam more systematic settlement around this time |
| 1642 | Abel Tasman visits New Zealand |
| 1764 | Birth of Patuone |
| 1769 | Captain Cook in the Bay of Islands, 27 November |
| 1770 | Birth of Nene |
| 1772 | Birth of Hongi |
| 1793 | Battle of Puketona (Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Maru) |
| 1806 | Battle of Waituna (Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua/Te Roroa); Moehanga visits England |
| 1807 | Battle of Te Moremonui (Te Kai-a-te-Karoro) where Ngāti Whātua and Te Roroa inflicted a major defeat on Ngāpuhi |
| 1808 | Kidnapping by the brig Venus of Te Aupouri, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Pāoa women leading to a major taua to Tai Rawhiti |
| 1809 | Attack on the Boyd at Whangaroa by Ngāti Uru and Ngāti Pou |
| 1810 | |
| 1811 | |
| 1812 | |
| 1813 | |
| 1814 | Mission established at Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands and first Christian sermon preached on Christmas Day by Rev. Samuel Marsden |
| 1815 | Taua lead by Te Haupa to the East Coast; death of Ruatara; first Europeam child born in New Zealand |
| 1816 | |
| 1817 | Taua from Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Pāoa to Tai Rawhiti; death of Tara |
| 1818 | Amiowhenua:Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whatua to Tai Rawhiti, taua with Ngāti Toa |
| 1819 | Taua of Te Wera Hauraki and Pomare to the Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay; Murupaenga and Ngāti Whātua attack Ngāpuhi and kill Korowhai at Pakiri |
| 1820 | Mauinaina, Mokoia and Te Tōtara battles between Ngāpuhi and Hauraki |
| 1821 | Hongi and Ngāpuhi attack Waikato |
| 1822 | Ngāpuhi attack Te Arawa at Mokoia; Ngāti Toa move from Kawhia to the Kapiti Coast area north of Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) |
| 1823 | Ngāti Whātua and Ngāti Pāoa attack Te Parawhau at Whangarei |
| 1824 | |
| 1825 | Battle of Te-Ika-a-Ranganui near Kaiwaka where Ngāpuhi defeat Ngāti Whātua and Te Roroa with great slaughter; birth of Hohaia, only surviving son from Patuone’s twelve children; death of Tui |
| 1826 | Death of Pomare I at Te Rore; death of Murupaenga at Puhoi; Hongi attacks Ngāti Pou at Whangaroa and suffers the wound which would kill him two years later; Patuone's first trading mission to Sydney |
| 1827 | Ngāpuhi taua to Waikato repulsed |
| 1828 | Death of Hongi at Whangaroa; deaths of Muriwai and Te Whareumu at Waima; death of Te Wheke, first wife of Patuone; death of Patuone’s sons Toa and Mata and another daughter |
| 1829 | Death of Kūkupa |
| 1830 | Internecine war in the Bay of Islands, the Girls War; Ngāpuhi raid at Tauranga; seizure of the Sir George Murray in Sydney witrh Patyuone and Taonui on board |
| 1831 | Granting of a temporary license to the Sir George Murray |
| 1832 | Titore raids Ngāiterangi without success; Ngāpuhi taua under Pukerangi and Te Tirarau on Waikato retreats at Rangiriri and is later counter-attacked at Kawau resulting in the death of Pukerangi; Waikato attack Te Parawhau at Whangarei and Tutukaka. Patuone settles in the Auckland district. Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Paoa attack Ngāti Haua for the death of Takurua |
| 1833 | Titore taua with Te Rarawa and Te Aupouri against Ngāiterangi at Tauranga |
| 1834 | Flag registered for the United Tribes of New Zealand with royal approval from King William IV; birth of Hare Hori Hongi |
| 1835 | Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand; Patuone moves to Auckland, living at pa located at Whakatiwai on the Firth of Thames, and at Putiki, Waiheke Island |
| 1836 | |
| 1837 | Death of Titore |
| 1838 | Bishop Pompallier founds the Roman Catholic Mission in New Zealand; Fr Servant at the Hokianga |
| 1839 | Baptism of Nene; death of Te Wera Hauraki |
| 1840 | Baptism of Patuone and Takarangi; signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; French colony established at Akaroa, Banks Peninsula |
| 1841 | Captain William Hobson, Governor of the Crown Colony of New Zealand |
| 1842 | Bay of Islands Examiner, first newspaper in New Zealand |
| 1843 | Captain Robert Fitzroy, Governor of the Crown Colony of New Zealand |
| 1844 | War in the north - Heke and Kawiti against the British and Māori allies |
| 1845 | Captain George Grey, Governor of the Crown Colony ofr New Zealand |
| 1846 | War in the north ceases - Heke and Kawiti are not punished on the request of Patuone and Nene; First Constituition Act; arrival of the first steamship in New Zealand, HMS Driver |
| 1847 | |
| 1848 | Sir George Grey, Governor-in-Chief of the Crown Colony of New Zealand |
| 1849 | Death of Riria Takarangi, Patuone’s third wife; death of Te Rauparaha |
| 1850 | Death of Heke; death of Pomare II |
| 1851 | |
| 1852 | Patuone moves to his base to his estate at Waiwharariki, in Takapuna (Awataha, Shoal Bay) |
| 1853 | Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand as self-governing Colony; first general election |
| 1854 | Death of Kawiti; first session of New Zealand's General Assembly aqt Auckland |
| 1855 | Colonel Thomas Gore-Browne, Governor of New Zealand; Generla Election |
| 1856 | Henry Sewell, first Premier of New Zealand 7-20 May; William Fox, Premier 20 May - 2 June; Edward Stafford, Premier 2 June to 12 July 1861; death of Nopera Panakareao, close friend and ally of Patuone and Nene |
| 1857 | |
| 1858 | Potatau Te Wherowhero appointed first Māori King |
| 1859 | |
| 1860 | Death of Potatau Te Wherowhero; Kohimarama Conference; war in Taranaki over land grievances |
| 1861 | Gold rush in Otago; Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1862 | |
| 1863 | War in the Waikato over local grievances |
| 1864 | Gold rush on the West Coast; end of Waikato war |
| 1865 | Native Land Copurt established; Wellington becomes capital |
| 1866 | |
| 1867 | Gold rush in the Thames area; four Māori seats in Parliament established |
| 1868 | Māori leaders' Titokowaru and Te Kooti resistance continues; Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand; Māori able to vote |
| 1869 | |
| 1870 | National railway construction begins; British Imperial Forces leave New Zealand |
| 1871 | Death of Nene, 4 August; burial at Kororareka (Russell) |
| 1872 | Death of Patuone, 19 September; burial at Takarunga (Mt Victoria) Devonport, Church of the Holy Trinity; cessation of Māori armed hostilities |
| 1873 | Rt Hon. Sir James Ferguson, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1874 | |
| 1875 | Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1876 | New zealand and Australia linked by telegraph cable |
| 1877 | Education Act - free, secular and compulsory education |
| 1878 | Death of Hori Hare Patuone |
| 1879 | Kohimarama Meeting; vote for all males 21 and over; Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1880 | Kohimarama Meeting; Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1881 | Kohimarama Meeting |
| 1882 | First frozen meat shipment to Britain |
| 1883 | Regular and direct steamer links estalished between New Zealand and Britain; Lt General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois. Governor of New Zealand |
| 1884 | |
| 1885 | |
| 1886 | Death of ? Patuone (unknown child of Patuone) |
| 1887 | |
| 1888 | |
| 1889 | Kohimarama Meeting; Earl of Onslow, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1890 | |
| 1891 | |
| 1892 | Earl of Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1893 | Women granted the vote |
| 1894 | |
| 1895 | |
| 1896 | Death of Timoti Patuone, whangai of Patuone |
| 1897 | Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1898 | State Pensions introduced, Old Age Pensions Act |
| 1899 | New Zealand contingent sent to the Boer War in South Africa |
| 1900 | |
| 1901 | Death of Hohaia, Patuone’s last surviving son. |
| 1902 | |
| 1903 | |
| 1904 | Lord Plunkett, Governor of New Zealand |
| 1905 | |
| 1906 | |
| 1907 | Dominion of New Zealand |
| 1908 | New Zealand population reaches 1,000,000 |