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petone this is a page about stuff PETONE HISTORY 1840s

Pito-one now known as petone means end of the sand beach in mari. Did you know that the treaty of waitangi was signed in 1840. hutt valley was renamed by a man called sir willam hutt. The settlers came in the 1840s there were 150 people coming from england on a big ship called Aurora there is a st now called Aurora st that is in petone.

The first shop in petone was a general store built by mr moss in 1880 on the corner of jackson street. The first school in petone was opened in 1882 at st johnsons hall the school is called petone central.

When kupe first found wellington in 925 Everything was well off, but in 1840 european settlers began to arrive and modernise the region.

When did wellington become the capital of nz? Wellington became the capital of nz in 1865 with parliament on 26 july 1865

Petone was first settled by Europeans in 1840, making it one The oldest settlements in the Wellington. Petone became the first European settlement in New Zealand. The settlement lay close to the pa of Te puni. The paramount Te Atiawa chief who sold a lot of land around the harbour, to the New Zealand company. The first European to arrive in New Zealand was the dutch explorer Abel Tasman.

Petone beach is very important because lots of ships came and some of the streets in petone are named after the ships here are some names of the ships 1.Tory 2.Oriental 3.Adelaide 4.Aurora 5.Cub

this is jackson st and it is great part of petone it has the most shops and on Saturdays and Sundays it is very busy jackson st is a very recognizable landmark.