Māori were the first people to arrive and settle all over Aotearoa somewhere around the year 1200-ish.

Thank goodness people (usually) word their signage more carefully these days than this plaque from 1992:

A plaque on a brick wall reads: Erected by the descendants of Thomas & Jane Prescott to mark the occasion of the 130th anniversary of this family's arrival in New Zealand, aboard The 'Queen Of The North on 30th June, 1862 First Settlers Of Ruakaka.