The People of New Zealand

A fun fact about the people of New Zealand is that there are two main ethnic groups. The Maori people, who were originally from Polynesia but moved to New Zealand between 800 and 1300 AD, and the Western Europeans, who didn't arrive until the 1640s. Another piece of New Zealander trivia is that the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest was from New Zealand, and he is on their 5 dollar bill.