Story: French
The first French arrival was the explorer Jean François de Surville, in 1769. From the Hokianga he sailed north, unaware that Captain James Cook was simultaneously tracking North Cape. During a storm, the ship lost several anchors. Nearly 200 years later, in 1974, the diver Kelly Tarlton recovered two. One is now held in the Far North Regional Museum in Kaitāia and the other in Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
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