Story: European discovery of New Zealand All images & media From page 1 – Before Tasman Early Pacific journeys Proof of Spanish discovery? Terra australis incognita From page 2 – Abel Tasman Tasman’s first view of New Zealand Conflict at Murderers Bay Golden Bay From page 3 – Tasman’s achievement Tasman’s ‘ragged line’ Map of Nova Zelandia Commemorating Tasman (1st of 3) Tasman Road, Ōtaki (2nd of 3) Tasman stamp (3rd of 3) From page 4 – James Cook British Pacific expeditions An 18th-century observatory tent Chronometer, c. 1820 Instructions for James Cook’s first expedition (1st of 2) Extract from James Cook’s instructions (2nd of 2) From page 5 – Cook’s three voyages Young Nicks Head Replica of the Endeavour James Cook’s map of the South Island (1st of 3) Banks Peninsula mapped as an island (2nd of 3) Cook’s South Cape (3rd of 3) The Resolution medal Impressions of ‘Dusky Bay’ (1st of 2) ‘A view in Dusky Bay’ (2nd of 2) ‘Cook’s Cove’ From page 6 – Cook’s achievement Cook’s map of New Zealand Mt Taranaki in Cook's journal, 13 January 1770 Documenting native plants (1st of 2) Drawing of Pittosporum tenuifolium (2nd of 2) Early depiction of a Māori chief Memorials to Captain Cook Cook stamps (1st of 3) Centennial stamp (2nd of 3) Millennial stamp (3rd of 3) From page 7 – Explorers after Cook The Chatham Islands Russian commemorative medallion From page 8 – French explorers One of de Surville’s anchors French sketch of a Māori The death of Marion du Fresne Spotted stargazer The Astrolabe in French Pass Dumont d'Urville's charts From page 9 – Last discoveries Port Macquarie, about 1813 (1st of 2) Detail of Port Macquarie chart (2nd of 2) The entrance to Port Oxley (Otago Harbour), 1826 Manukau Heads (1st of 2) Detail of Manukau Heads chart (2nd of 2) Tasman Glacier The Southern Alps