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- Title
- Captain's Log - First Episode
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
In late 1769 Captain James Cook first reached New Zealand, charged with charting the area. Peter Elliott follows Cook's journey in this award-winning four-part series. The first episode looks at Cook's first encounters with local Māori, on the east coast of the North Island. Some greeted Cook with pōwhiri; others took exception to the murder and kidnapping the Europeans brought despite their declarations of peace. Meanwhile in the third clip Elliott learns all about the P Class Yacht, and mee...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2001
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/captains-log-episode-one-2001
- Related subjects
- ocean / sailing / captain cook / endeavour / spirit of new zealand / exploration / east coast / poverty bay / bay of plenty / tauranga / peter burling / sailor / māori / powhiri / nick tupara / te poho o rawiri marae / takitimu / anaura bay / opoutama / simon smale / hmnzs resolution / lt commander bill spencer / colin smith / tauranga yacht and power boat club / gemini galaxsea / graham butler / dolphin / mercury bay / wharekaho beach / ko te ramatiti marae / joseph davis / nz on air / new zealand on air / maori / jim dilley / ian cook / clive holmes / p class / james cook / captain james cook / navigation / navigator / voyaging / expedition / port / historic reserve / history / historian / gisborne / statue / navy / new zealand navy / nz navy / royal nz navy / royal new zealand navy / ngāti oneone / settlement / european / pākehā / settler / settlers / conflict / colonial / colonialism / colonisation / mātātaki / tupaia / tahiti / tūranga / tākitimu / maritime / kidnapping / kidnappers cape / kidnap / tolaga bay / cook's cove / trade / scurvy grass / high priest / tupaia's cave / research / joseph banks / department of conservation / scurvy / land / te taiao / landscape / tolaga bay wharf / resolution / hms endeavour / hms resolution / white island / whakaari / mount maunganui / obsidian / sexton / te horetā / te taniwha / ngāti whanaunga / coast / flag / flag raising / union jack / 2000s / 1700s
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