Events In History
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4 May 1772Marion du Fresne arrives in Bay of IslandsThe following month the French explorer and 24 of his crew were killed in an act of utu (revenge) by local Ngāti Pou. In the reprisals that followed, the French killed up to 250 Māori. Read more...
Biographies
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Marion du Fresne, Marc Joseph
The early French explorer's visit to New Zealand ended in his death, and the bloodshed of hundreds more in retribution.
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