Learnz Bay of Islands contact between Captain Cook and Māori

Tātai Aho Rau Core Education

The following questions from schools are answered by museum curator Kate Martin about first contact between Captain Cook and Māori in Te Pēwhairangi Bay of Islands: 1. How long did the Endeavour stay in the Bay of Islands? 2. Why did the Crew of the Endeavour shoot at the locals? How did they feel about that? 3. Did Captain Cook gain trust of the locals? How did he do that? 4. Were there things given from Māori and if so, what has happened to these? 5. Were guns traded and what happened to those guns? How did the locals use these? 6. How did the Europeans and Māori communicate and get what they needed? 7. Did any of the people Cook meet come on board the Endeavour? If not, why? 8. What did Captain Cook and Joseph Banks learn from the locals? 9. How did the visit to the Bay of Islands help Cook in his map making? 10. Was there more than one opportunity to meet? Did Captain Cook meet Bay of Islands locals again at another time?