Kupe and Cook

Kupe arrive in NZ the 1100's.

Kupe and Cook are 2 important explores in New Zealand history

Cook
Why?-To discover ZN
When?-6 October 1769
How?-The English navigator Captain James Cook sighted New Zealand on 6 October 1769, and landed at Poverty Bay two days later.

Kupe is important because he was the first documented person in NZ. Cook is important because he mapped NZ and opened it up the world to access.

He travelled by traditional methods on a traditional sail boat. Myth has it he followed a giant octopus. He did this voyage to find new land and for his people to live. His wife named NZ Aotearoa after
seeing mountains under the clouds.


James Cook was a British explorer who was part of the royal navy. He came to NZ by sea in 6, October 1769 to make a map of the two main islands and find Australia.