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… had been living in New Zealand for nearly 400 years before Abel Tasman’s arrival in 1642. They had named every feature of …
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Part of story: Early mapping
… vessels. The double-hulled waka had been observed on Abel Tasman’s voyage to New Zealand in 1642. Sydney Parkinson, an …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… of the New Zealand Institute , including the text of Abel Tasman 's 1642 journal translated from the Dutch by Bessie …
Type: Biography
… known to be the habitat for adult whitebait, including Abel Tasman and Fiordland national parks, and parts of South …
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Part of story: Whitebait and whitebaiting
… of New Zealand (he was the first European to see it since Tasman) on 12 December 1769. His crew was drastically … on 10 January 1827. After exploring Cook’s Blind Bay (now Tasman Bay), he made his celebrated passage of French Pass … Théodore de Laplace, Jean Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille and Abel Aubert Dupetit-Thouars. The decade also saw a similarly …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand
… Pérrine's most notable success was the establishment of the Abel Tasman National Park in 1942. She served on the park board … Forests Action Council and the Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bay. Pérrine was awarded the Loder Cup in 1953, …
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… Station on the upper Ahuriri River, and Canaan Downs, near Abel Tasman National Park. Key coastal landscapes such as …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… southern continent was one of the objects of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s voyage of discovery when, in 1642, he became the …
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Part of story: Antarctica and New Zealand
… and European was on 18 December 1642, when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sailed into Golden Bay. Māori paddling waka greeted …
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Part of story: Popular music
… and clubs. Popular spots include the Marlborough Sounds, Abel Tasman National Park, Kaikōura, Fiordland and the Ōkārito …
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Part of story: Canoeing and rafting
… Glimpsed from the sea Abel Tasman’s first view of New Zealand on 13 December 1642 was …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… Overcrowding can be an issue – the Milford, Routeburn and Abel Tasman walking tracks all have booking systems to limit …
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Part of story: Tourist industry
… Plateau Egmont, in Taranaki Whanganui, north of Whanganui Abel Tasman, north-west of Nelson Kahurangi, north-west of Nelson …
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Part of story: National parks
… One example was the Wakatū incorporation, a joint owner of Abel Tasman Kayaks. Others, such as Ngāi Tahu Tourism, were …
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Part of story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism
… Pūniho, near Ōkato. European arrival In 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sailed past Taranaki and named what is now Cape …
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Part of story: Taranaki region
… explorers: Isaac Gilsemans, the artist on Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s short visit in 1642 Sydney Parkinson, on English …
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Part of story: Painting
… the second, in 1914, substantially the logs and journals of Tasman , Cook and other exploring expeditions in New Zealand … of the Royal Geographical Society, London, in 1908. From Tasman to Marsden , which appeared in 1914, was a further …
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… parks: Tongariro, Egmont, Fiordland, Arthur’s Pass and Abel Tasman. The National Parks Authority was set up in 1952 to …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… was gifted to Christchurch. The 1942 tercentenary of Abel Tasman’s voyage to New Zealand was commemorated with a large …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… the weather. On his 1642 voyage of discovery, for example, Abel Janszoon Tasman had been instructed by the Dutch East India Company …
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Part of story: Weather forecasting