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Kōrero: Protected areas

Cook Landing Site

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Cook Landing Site

The place where British navigator James Cook first set foot in New Zealand, at Gisborne in 1769, is a national historic reserve. Historic reserves, which are often quite small, protect places of historic, archaeological, cultural or educational significance.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10051032

by Jamie Quirk

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Les Molloy, Protected areas – Scenic, historic, recreation and other reserves, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13859/cook-landing-site (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Les Molloy, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.