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Replica of the Endeavour

Replica of the <em>Endeavour </em>

Some 230 years after James Cook reached New Zealand in the Endeavour, a replica of the ship voyaged around New Zealand. Here it emerges from thick fog during its arrival in Dunedin in 2000.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 22 April 2000

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John Wilson, European discovery of New Zealand – Cook’s three voyages, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3930/replica-of-the-endeavour (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.