Summary of key dates

DATE	EVENT
500	Ngāi Tahu decedents arrive from Polynesian, settle and establish the Maori culture
~1795	Ngāi Tahu first contact with Pākehā (European) sealers and whalers
1840	Treaty of Waitangi signed by Maori and British Crown
1850	Christchurch Settled
1862	Settlement of Lincoln Village began
1878	Lincoln School of Agriculture established
1969	Lincoln University begins to offer professional education in landscape architecture
1972	New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects incorporated
1974	The Local Government Act 1974
1974	An Environmental Plan for Lincoln Village
1977	Town and Country Planning Act 1977
1986	Environmental Act 1986
1987	Conservation Act 1987
1989	Town and Country Planning Act 1977 amended and local government reformed
1989	New Zealand Education Act 1989
1990	Lincoln University becomes full and self-governing university
1991	Waitangi Tribunal findings on Ngāi Tahu land claim
1991	Resource Management Act 1991 (until notification of the new plan earlier District Schemes are collectively in force as the Selwyn Transitional District Plan)
1992	Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) established as Government-owned scientific businesses
1990’s	Expansion of lifestyles and suburban development Emergence of Lincoln tertiary /research cluster
1994	Inception of Ngāi Tahu Property Limited
1995 July	Proposed Selwyn District Plan released by Selwyn District Council
1996	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act (1996)
1996	Town and Country Planning Act 1977 amended requiring local authorities to develop ten-year strategic and capital works plans
1998	Proposed Selwyn District Plan withdrawn
1998	“Lincoln Township Questionnaire” commissioned by Selwyn District Council
1998	“Lincoln Townscape Plan” proposed by Lincoln Community Committee
October 1999-March 2001	“Lincoln - a Vision for our Future”
1999/2000	Redrafting of the Selwyn District Plan
2000	Proposed District Plan
2004	Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy initiated
2005 March	Urban Design Protocol launched
2006 July	Lincoln Envirotown officially launched by Minister for the Environment
2007 June	Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy adopted by councils
2007 June	Lincoln Structure Plan and ISMP Issues and Options Report
2007 July	Proposed Change No.1 to the Regional Policy Statement - notified
June 2008	Selwyn Proposed District Plan operative (with exception of parts affected by submissions, appeals or unresolved designation issues)
2008 May	Lincoln Structure Plan and Integrated Stormwater Management Plan adopted
	Ngāi Tahu Property Limited is the largest developer in Lincoln and South Island of New Zealand

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