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Ship Cove James Cook Monument
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Birte
November 3, 2024
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Captain James Cook was the first European to land in New Zealand in 1770.
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JR on Tour
January 17, 2025
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Ship Cove is the starting point of the Queen Charlotte Track… James Cook passed by here several times on his journeys
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Strawanzer
April 14, 2024
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Monument commemorating the landings of James Cook, sailor, cartographer and explorer (*November 7, 1728 in Marton near Middlesbrough; †February 14, 1779 in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaiʻi).
The plaques provide very detailed information about the circumstances of the encounter between the Maori and the Europeans.
The plaques provide very detailed information about the circumstances of the encounter between the Maori and the Europeans.
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