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Kōrero: Marlborough region

Māori at Ship Cove

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Māori at Ship Cove

This painting by John Webber depicts Māori fishing at Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound. Webber was the official artist on James Cook’s third Pacific voyage of exploration. Cook’s ship the Resolutionspent two weeks in Ship Cove in February 1777. Cook had also visited the cove on his previous voyages.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B--098-015

by John Webber

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough region – Early Europeans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/31754/maori-at-ship-cove (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 1 November 2016.