Early Settlements
There was minimal immigration to New Zealand directly after 1769 when Captain James Cook discovered New Zealand. Between 1805 and 1835 the European population grew very slowly.Most Europeans were itinerant sailors. The Bay of Islands and the Hokianga in Northland, had the most Europeans with about 200 in the 1830s. Because there were almost no European women, European men lived with Maori women and the population of part Europeans grew faster than the purely Europen population. Before 1835 date most migrants were runaway sailors,escaped convicts, sealers, whalers and missionaries with their families. Initially most part European children grew up mainly as Maori but able to speak fluent English. Some of these children were sent to Australia to get a formal education by their fathers.
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