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Kōrero: Northland region

Mapping Northland

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Mapping Northland

Northland’s distinctive narrow peninsula, bounded by the Tasman Sea on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east, is depicted with impressive accuracy on this map published in 1773. It was based on charts made by Lieutenant James Cook in 1769–70.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0037-25

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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Claudia Orange, Northland region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7500/mapping-northland (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.