Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·22 Sep, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to readGovernors Bay in Canterbury, where researcher Sheng-Wei Wang claims an ancient Chinese settlement once stood. Photo / 123RFLeading historians have branded resurfaced theories claiming Chinese explorers settled Aotearoa before Māori as “fanciful” and unsupported by evidence.Independent researcher Sheng-Wei Wang, speaking at a conference in Malaysia this month, pointed to supposed shipwrecks and ancient artefacts as evidence of a pre-Māori presence. But New Zealand historians and archaeologists
Pre-Māori settlement claims: Historians dismiss Chinese explorer theories
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