Who Mapped New Zealand?

Who Mapped New Zealand?

Captain James Cook
The English navigator Captain James Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later. He drew detailed and accurate maps of the country, and wrote about the Māori people.

What did James Cook call New Zealand?

Aotearoa
Lieutenant James Cook made three journeys to Aotearoa, known also as New Zealand.

Who was the first Māori to discover New Zealand?

Kupe
When did Maori first arrive in New Zealand? According to Māori, the first explorer to reach New Zealand was Kupe. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the Pacific on his waka hourua (voyaging canoe) from his ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki.

Who discovered both New Zealand and Australia?

Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was a great explorer who discovered Australia and New Zealand long before James Cook.

Why did cook come NZ?

Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand After sailing to Tahiti to record the transit of Venus across the sun, he started on his next mission – to continue south looking for a large landmass or continent. On 6 October 1769, Nicholas Young, who was sitting on the masthead, sighted land.

Where did Māori people come from?

listen)) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of waka (canoe) voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350.

What came first New Zealand or Australia?

Australia and New Zealand had quite separate indigenous histories, settled at different times by very different peoples – Australia from Indonesia or New Guinea around 50,000 years ago, New Zealand from islands in the tropical Pacific around 1250–1300 CE.

What is the relationship between Australia and New Zealand?

Bilateral relations. Australia and New Zealand are natural allies with a strong trans-Tasman sense of family. Migration, trade and defence ties, keen competition on the sporting field, and strong people-to-people links have helped shape a close and co-operative relationship.