• Early Encounters

  • Oct 10 2019
  • Length: 19 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Abel Tasman and James Cook's first contacts with Māori were complex and sometimes violent. Europeans brought new technologies, food and ideas, such as muskets, potatoes and Christianity. In some cases this worked out well for Tangata Whenua - but in other cases it was devastating.
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