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Kōrero: European discovery of New Zealand

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Before Tasman

Early Pacific journeys

Early Pacific journeys

Proof of Spanish discovery?

Proof of Spanish discovery?

Terra australis incognita

Terra australis incognita

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Abel Tasman

Tasman’s first view of New Zealand

Tasman’s first view of New Zealand

Conflict at Murderers Bay

Conflict at Murderers Bay

Golden Bay

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Tasman’s achievement

Tasman’s ‘ragged line’

Tasman’s ‘ragged line’

Map of Nova Zelandia

Map of Nova Zelandia

Commemorating Tasman

Commemorating Tasman (1 o 3)

Tasman Road, Ōtaki

Tasman Road, Ōtaki (2 o 3)

Tasman stamp

Tasman stamp (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - James Cook

British Pacific expeditions

British Pacific expeditions

An 18th-century observatory tent

An 18th-century observatory tent

Chronometer, c. 1820

Chronometer, c. 1820

Instructions for James Cook’s first expedition

Instructions for James Cook’s first expedition (1 o 2)

Extract from James Cook’s instructions

Extract from James Cook’s instructions (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Cook’s three voyages

Young Nicks Head

Young Nicks Head

Replica of the Endeavour

Replica of the Endeavour

James Cook’s map of the South Island

James Cook’s map of the South Island (1 o 3)

Banks Peninsula mapped as an island

Banks Peninsula mapped as an island (2 o 3)

Cook’s South Cape

Cook’s South Cape (3 o 3)

The Resolution medal

The Resolution medal

Impressions of ‘Dusky Bay’

Impressions of ‘Dusky Bay’ (1 o 2)

‘A view in Dusky Bay’

‘A view in Dusky Bay’ (2 o 2)

‘Cook’s Cove’

‘Cook’s Cove’

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Cook’s achievement

Cook’s map of New Zealand

Cook’s map of New Zealand

Mt Taranaki in Cook's journal, 13 January 1770

Mt Taranaki in Cook's journal, 13 January 1770

Documenting native plants

Documenting native plants (1 o 2)

Drawing of Pittosporum tenuifolium

Drawing of Pittosporum tenuifolium (2 o 2)

Early depiction of a Māori chief

Early depiction of a Māori chief

Memorials to James Cook

Memorials to James Cook

Cook stamps

Cook stamps (1 o 3)

Centennial stamp

Centennial stamp (2 o 3)

Millennial stamp

Millennial stamp (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Explorers after Cook

The Chatham Islands

The Chatham Islands

Russian commemorative medallion

Russian commemorative medallion

Mai i te whārangi 8 - French explorers

One of de Surville’s anchors

One of de Surville’s anchors

French sketch of a Māori

French sketch of a Māori

The death of Marion du Fresne

The death of Marion du Fresne

Spotted stargazer

Spotted stargazer

The Astrolabe in French Pass

The Astrolabe in French Pass

Dumont d'Urville's charts

Dumont d'Urville's charts

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Last discoveries

Port Macquarie, about 1813

Port Macquarie, about 1813 (1 o 2)

Detail of Port Macquarie chart

Detail of Port Macquarie chart (2 o 2)

The entrance to Port Oxley (Otago Harbour), 1826

The entrance to Port Oxley (Otago Harbour), 1826

Manukau Heads

Manukau Heads (1 o 2)

Detail of Manukau Heads chart

Detail of Manukau Heads chart (2 o 2)

Tasman Glacier

The Southern Alps

The Southern Alps

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

John Wilson, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/european-discovery-of-new-zealand/media (accessed 28 May 2023)

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 May 2016