Story: Early mapping All images & media From page 1 – Early mappers: 1642–1800 16th-century map of the Pacific Map of Nova Zeelandia. Cook’s map of New Zealand British Admiralty chart, southern New Zealand From page 2 – French charts before 1840 Chart of Lauriston (Doubtless Bay), 1769 ‘Port de Tarranarki’, 1824 Dumont d’Urville’s charts From page 3 – Traders, whalers, missionaries: 1800–1840 First chart of Foveaux Strait Kaipara Harbour Northern New Zealand From page 4 – Mapping for settlement New Zealand ports Chart of New Zealand Plan of Auckland city, 1841 (1st of 3) Proposed plan of Wellington, 1840 (2nd of 3) Map of the Timaru townships (3rd of 3) Frederic Carrington’s survey chain Surveying in the South Island From page 5 – The coastline: 1840 to 1855 Trig station for the ‘Great Survey’ Lyttelton Harbour and neighbouring bays Kāwhia Harbour From page 6 – Māori and maps of colonisation Māori map of New Zealand (1st of 3) The South Island and Stewart Island (2nd of 3) The Waitaki River (3rd of 3) Land purchased from Ngāi Tahu Protesting against a survey, Pokeno Sketch map of Poverty Bay, 1877 Map from the New Zealand wars