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Spanish and the Portuguese had an active presence in the Pacific from the early 16th century, but there is no firm evidence of Europeans reaching New Zealand before Abel Tasman in 1642.

This engraving of a Maori family in Dusky Sound is from a drawing by William Hodges that was made during Captain James Cook's second visit to New Zealand in 1777. The image depicts Maori as 'noble savages', a term associated with the romantic philosophy popular in this period.

James Cook features in The A to Z of New Zealand stamp series produced by New Zealand Post in 2008.

Gannets – served as 'Goose pye' –  were used for James Cook's first New Zealand Christmas meal.

The first landing site of Captain James Cook's crew at Gisborne was commemorated with the erection of a monument in 1906.

Robert McNab, historian and minister of lands in the Liberal government, was closely associated with the development of the Ship Cove monument in Queen Charlotte Sound. This is where James Cook spent most time in New Zealand throughout his voyages.