250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time
- Written by Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Captain James Cook sailed the Endeavour off New Zealand's east coast in 1769.from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NDTwo hundred and fifty years ago this year, James Cook’s ship the Endeavourarrived off the eastern coast of New Zealand. The following circumnavigation marked the beginning of ongoing European contact with the indigenous population,...





