- Maori culture (Pre-European era)
- Abel Tasman and Dutch East India Company arrive (1642)
- James Cook and Britain arrive (1769)
- British Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
- British New Zealand Company (19th century)
- Musket Wars (1807-1837)
- Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
- British Colony of New Zealand (1841-1907)
- New Zealand Wars (1845-1872)
- British Dominion of New Zealand (1907-1947)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- New Zealand gains independence (1947)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Waterfront strike (1951)
- South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand (1981)
- Constitutional crisis (1984)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of New Zealand at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of New Zealand.)
