Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement between the British Crown and Maori. Around this time, there were 125,000 Maori and about 2000 settlers in New Zealand. Sealers and whalers were the first Europeans settlers, followed by missionaries.
Their male subjects burned 105 calories running, 52 walking; the women, 91 and 43. That is, running burns twice as many net calories per mile as walking. And since you can run two miles in the time it takes to walk one mile, running burns four times as many net calories per hour as walking.
Walking at face paces âforces your body to move in ways it wasnât designed to move,â thus increasing internal friction. Obviously, faster running burns more calories but walking is still a great way to burn off calories. The point is to do something that challenges you without leaving you exhausted. Check out the RunKeeper app for your iPhone to track your speed and calorie burn for your exercise.