This web feature was written by Kynan Gentry and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.
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'Further information', URL: /culture/further-information-early-explorers, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 25-Mar-2014
RELATED TO EARLY EXPLORERS
Events
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18 December 1642
First contact between Māori and Europeans
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10 November 1880
Sutherland Falls 'discovered'
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10 August 1840
British assert sovereignty as French head for Akaroa
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15 November 1769
British flag flies for first time in NZ
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24 March 1770
Ngāti Kahu kidnap victim dies at sea on French ship
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4 May 1772
Marion du Fresne arrives in Bay of Islands
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19 May 1846
Brunner, Kehu and Heaphy reach Māwhera pā
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8 January 1863
Haast begins West Coast expedition
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28 January 1827
D'Urville sails through French Pass
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13 December 1642
First recorded European sighting of New Zealand
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9 November 1769
Captain Cook observes transit of Mercury
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12 March 1864
Arthur's Pass 'discovered'
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6 October 1769
Young Nick sights land
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9 February 1770
Cook completes circumnavigation of North Island
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11 February 1864
Charles Heaphy earns VC
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16 February 1770
James Cook sights Banks 'Island'
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12 December 1769
De Surville first sights NZ near Hokianga
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17 December 1773
Ten crew of Cook's ship Adventure killed and eaten
Biographies
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Thomas Brunner
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Marion du Fresne
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James Cook
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Charles Heaphy
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Abel Tasman
Articles
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Antarctica and New Zealand
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Exploring New Zealand's interior
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Early explorers