History of Aotearoa New Zealand

We round off Cook’s first expedition with what they got up to upon their return, how Cook’s reports were received and how this set the stage for his next voyage.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We see how Cook and company get on in the capital of the Dutch East Indies before we follow their journey back home. Many of them will not survive the journey.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Endeavour limps her way to a spot where she can be temporarily repaired after her disastrious crash in the Great Barrier Reef.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cook and his crew will continue up the eastern coast of Australia and end up in probably the most dangerous situation they have been in thus far.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We left the Endeavour last time as she sailed away from Aotearoa on the last day of March 1770 so today we will see how hre crew got on crossing the ditch towards Australia.Guardian Article about spears being returned to Gweagal people of KamayCheck out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Cook and his crew continue to gather supplies, clean the ship and talk some more with Māori in Tōtaranui before he finally does what both Tasman and de Surville failed to do.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Cook and company begin to make their way down the west coast of the North Island they look for a place to stop and careen the ship. What they find is a place that Cook will return to again and again.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Endeavour continues exploring the eastern coast of Te Ika a Māui and Cook ends up in a spot of bother...Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cook continues to explore Te Ika a Māui, attempting to trade with Māori, getting into arguments with this crew and probably going blind by looking at the sun too much. You know, the usual.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone is trying to steal everyone else in events now immortilised in the naming of the landscape.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We left off when Cook opened his sealed orders which instructed him to head south in search of the Great Southern Land, Terra Australis, at the direct contradiction of Tupaia, who wanted to go west. Today the Endeavour heads south in search of the holy grail of European explorers in the Pacific.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron!You find the Gisborne Port Authority report mentioned in the episode here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour no longer have a reason to remain in the Society Islands. As such, they need to decide where their voyage will take them next. To do this, Cook pulls out his secret, sealed orders from the Admiralty and cracks them open.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cook starts to explore more of the Society Islands, with Tupaia’s direction and knowledge proving invaluable.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that the Endeavour no longer has any need to remain in Tahiti, a bunch of people start making decisions about their future, some less well thought out than others.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cook finally does the thing he came halfway around the world to do: Observe the Transit of Venus.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's that time of year again! BOTY is back! As is tradition, I've picked a bird to tell you all about and hopefully pick up your vote. This year we are discussing the ngutu pare, the wrybill!birdoftheyear.org.nzCheck out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We return to May 1769 where the quadrant, a vital piece of equipment for observing the Transit of Venus, was stolen and then recovered. In the course of this, Tutaha had been arrested against Cook’s orders, being handled rather roughly and in such a way to cause great insult. Today we see how this affected the pair's relationship.Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tupaia is trying to navigate his way through the ever changing and deadly world of Tahitan politics as the two major leaders of the island clash. Can he come out the other side unscathed?Check out the website and shownotes!Become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.