Stowed away in the margins of Captain Cook's and Joseph Banks's diaries, the enigmatic Polynesian has no known portrait, but may have been one of the most influential figures aboard HMS Endeavour.

Kate Fullagar receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to ...

Although Captain Cook's mission to New Zealand and Australia didn't involve colonisation, the legacy of his voyage aboard the Endeavour, and of what came after, has been far-reaching. Merata Kawharu ...

In October 1769, the Maori of Aotearoa witnessed a luminous sight on the horizon. An extraordinary craft, high above the water, blazed from the sea. Pinpricks of light shone from small squares along ...

Sailing the southern Pacific Ocean in 1769, two of history’s greatest navigators drafted a remarkable map. One was the British explorer Captain James Cook. The other was Tupaia, an aristocratic high ...

Tupaia’s Endeavour is screening both online and in select cinemas as part of this year’s Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival, which is taking place from July 24 to August 2. For ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We're asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it ...

Although Captain Cook's mission to New Zealand and Australia didn't involve colonisation, the legacy of his voyage aboard the Endeavour, and of what came after, has been far-reaching. Merata Kawharu ...