Maori & European History
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The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas.
written by Dame Anne Salmond of the University of Auckland, is a spectacular re-creation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys.The Pacific voyages of James Cook sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes, discovered unknown lands and peoples and made their Captain an icon of imperial history. Yet the story of these epic journeys is far more than one of conquest and control as Cook and his crew are changed as much by what happens as the islanders they meet. Filled with astonishing descriptions drawing on surviving accounts of New Zealand, Tahiti and more, this book reimagines two worlds that explosively collided in the 18th Century and explains the lasting impact of that collision.
 A Conversation with Dame Anne Salmond.
These 16 short videos were recorded at the University of Auckland with host Bernice Mene. Dame Anne is asked a series of questions about her writing of the book and her views on Cook, Tupaia and the lasting impact of this extraordinary voyage of First Contact with NZ Maori. The students are Taiasha Opai, Debbie Savage and Brian Teremoana from Aorere College in Manurewa, Suds Singh and Nicola Best from Rangitoto College and the Genesis Summer Science School.
 Excerpts from chapters 2-8 from The Trial of the Cannibal Dog.
Permission to post these excerpts on this website thanks to Dame Anne Salmond and publisher Penguin Books.
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Captain's Log
Follow in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. Re-live his amazing voyage of discovery and first contact with the Maori people. In Captain's Log, Peter Elliott sails around New Zealand retracing Captain Cook's voyage of discovery in 1769. The log and journals of Captain Cook and crew of The Endeavour are heard as we follow the route of the voyage of first substantive charting, naming, and contact with the Maori. Cook's voyage represents the start of New Zealand's modern national history. The excerpts streamed on this website are made available courtesy of Livingstone Productions.
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Does History Matter?
This conversation between John Campbell and Michael King ranges across the importance of history itself, the unique nature of both Polynesian and European settlement of New Zealand and the significance of being a Pakeha New Zealander. TV3 Network Services gave permission for this excerpt from their John Campbell "Home Truths" television interview with Michael King first broadcast in October 2003.
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Two Early Maori Charts Of Aotearoa/NZ
These two charts, from the Alexander Turnbull Cartographic Collection, were drawn by Maori for European settlers and clearly show examples of mind-maps where the actual scale of the land is secondary to the important features.
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'Two Peoples One Land: From Hawaiki to Aotearoa'
The Dictionary of NZ Biography offers this animated website that shows the names and landing places of the canoes - nga unga waka of Maori arrival in New Zealand - and the genealogies that followed.
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The Magic of being Maori
A great website from the indigenous Maori people - their culture, history, mythology, legend and whakapapa (genealogy).Here are direct links to two related sections of the maaori.com website.
- The Journey to Aotearoa from Hawaiki
Hawaiki, the legendary homeland of the Maori peoples of Aotearoa/New Zealand, from whence they migrated to this land about 1000 years ago. Where is Hawaiki?Many have speculated that it lies somewhere in the Pacific, somewhere in Polynesia.
- The Maori People of Aotearoa New Zealand
A brief outline of Maori history both before and after the coming of the European to Aotearoa/New Zealand, and some notes on Maori culture
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Cook, Tupaia and Maori
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. This BBC website has Merata Kawharu examining Cook's impact on Maori culture in six chapters:
The newcomers arrive
Early European voyagers
Tupaia and Cook meet
Colonisation
Outcomes
Find out more
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South Seas Indigenous Histories
Much of what is known about the history of the Pacific before and during the early years of European contact comes from ancestral histories, poetry and songs that were transmitted orally through successive generations before eventually being written down. Another important source of information are the writings of Europeans who lived within Pacific communities during the early years of contact. South Seas currently offers editions of the following historically significant works:
- Henry Brook Adams's edition of the Memoirs of Arii Taimai which provides numerous insights into the beliefs and cultural practices of the peoples of Mo'orea and Tahiti prior to European contact.
- James Morrison's Account of the Island of Tahiti. Morrison served as Boatswain's Mate aboard H.M.S. Bounty on William Bligh's ill-fated voyage of 1787-89. After the mutiny of April 1789, Morrison chose to remain on Tahiti where he established himself in the entourage of (Pomare I), paramount chief of the Pare-Aue region.
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Taonga - Elsdon Best
Six publications from the early Dominion Museum Monograph and Dominion Museum Bulletin series. Elsdon Best (1856-1931) was an ethnologist with the Dominion Museum for 20 years and in that time compiled an impressive number of publications on Maori history and lore.Here are Direct links to the 6 articles:
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