Immigration to New Zealand began with Polynesian settlement in New Zealand, then uninhabited, about 1250 to 1280. Moriori settled is in the Chatham Islands about 200 years after this. Moriori are a sub-group of Māori. European migration provided a major influx following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Subsequent immigration has been chiefly from the British Isles, but also from continental Europe, the Pacific, the Americas, & Asia.
Read more about Immigration To New Zealand: Polynesian Settlement, European Settlement, Migration From 1840, Post World War II Migration, Introduction of Points-based Systems, Government Views Today, Immigration Act 2009, Public Opinion
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