Te Pōwhiri – The Welcome: The Coming Together as Two and the Joining as One

Te Pōwhiri – The Welcome: The Coming Together as Two and the Joining as One

Commemorations (2019x)

Aug 20, 2019 | Commemorations (2019x), News

Te Whanganui o Hei | Mercury Bay is one of four landing sites in Aotearoa/New Zealand where Māori and European first met during Cook’s 1769 voyage, therefore a significant place for Tuia – Encounters 250 commemorations. Regional Tuia 250 commemorations will also take place in Tūranga-a-Kiwa | Gisborne, Te Tai Tokerau | Northland and Totaranui |Marlborough Sounds. The communities of each region are developing events, activities and also what is known as ‘Legacy Projects’ which all reflect the kaupapa | objectives of Tuia 250.

Man Hijacking Cook Commemorations to Tell Story of Polynesian Exploration

Man Hijacking Cook Commemorations to Tell Story of Polynesian Exploration

Commemorations (2019x)

Aug 12, 2019 | Commemorations (2019x), News

On the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing in Aotearoa, Ian Taylor is vowing to tell the story of those who came before Cook: the Polynesian celestial navigators. “My ancestors travelled across a third of the planet to get here,” says Ian Taylor, “they used state-of-the-art craft and the stars and they knew exactly what they were doing. People need to know this story.”

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Commemorates Cook 250

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Commemorates Cook 250

Commemorations (2019x)

Apr 7, 2019 | Commemorations (2019x), News

In 2019 the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents a diverse mix of soloists and conductors from New Zealand and around the world, including Music Director, Maestro Edo de Waart. This diversity is also reflected in the repertoire with The Planets, Linz Symphony, Prague Symphony and contemporary works from Europe and America, performed alongside NZSO commissions, marking 250 years since the first encounters between Māori and Captain James Cook. 

CFP: Encounters and Exchanges: Exploring the History of Science, Technology and Mātauranga (Indigenous Knowledge)

CFP: Encounters and Exchanges: Exploring the History of Science, Technology and Mātauranga (Indigenous Knowledge)

Commemorations (2019x)

Mar 1, 2019 | Commemorations (2019x), News

The University of Otago and the Tōtaranui 250 Trust announce a conference to take place in Blenheim, New Zealand from 1-3 December 2019 that will explore the global history of science, technology, medicine, and mātauranga (indigenous knowledge). The conference will be part of a sequence of national events in New Zealand titled Tuia – Encounters 250 Commemoration. These mark the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s first Pacific voyage and the first onshore meetings between Europeans and the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori.

Mapping Australia and the Pacific

Mapping Australia and the Pacific

Commemorations (2019x)

Mar 1, 2019 | Commemorations (2019x), News

The latest video from the National Library of Australia takes a look inside The Cook And The Pacific exhibition which brings together objects from Australia and around the world to explore what Captain James Cook’s voyages meant for the Pacific region through the eyes of the British voyagers and the Indigenous peoples they met. It also highlights the advances in mapping which occurred during this period, with his 3 Pacific voyages between 1768 and 1780 leading to large parts of the world being accurately charted for the first time.