![My Neice\](http://photos.travelblog.net/3571/113856/s/800559-my-neice-1.jpg "My Neice\")
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year...more history