Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 17, 2019 17:30:45 GMT 12
NGĀTI HEI SHARE COOK HISTORY
The narrative that Māori saw the arrival of Captain James Cook in Aotearoa New Zealand as an invasion by a murderous pirate is being challenged in a new book.
The British navigator's legacy is being questioned in the lead up to October's Tuia 250 commemoration of Cook's landings.
They say according to Ngāti Hei's Joe Davis, his ancestor Toawaka believed the 'pale-faced strangers with all their new powers' might help him and his people develop a better way of life, after years of brutal warfare and invasion by other tribes......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE5NDg=/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Ng%C4%81ti-Hei-share-Cook-history
The narrative that Māori saw the arrival of Captain James Cook in Aotearoa New Zealand as an invasion by a murderous pirate is being challenged in a new book.
The British navigator's legacy is being questioned in the lead up to October's Tuia 250 commemoration of Cook's landings.
They say according to Ngāti Hei's Joe Davis, his ancestor Toawaka believed the 'pale-faced strangers with all their new powers' might help him and his people develop a better way of life, after years of brutal warfare and invasion by other tribes......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE5NDg=/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Ng%C4%81ti-Hei-share-Cook-history