In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Pākehā during James Cook and the Endeavour’s 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand. Tuia – Encounters 250 will acknowledge this pivotal moment in our nation’s history as well as the extraordinary feats of Pacific voyagers who reached and settled in Aotearoa many years earlier.

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Motuara Island 

 

The Tōtaranui 250 Trust is working with DOC to provide new signage at Motuara Island. These signs
will be installed before November, 2019.

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Motuara Island was significant for Māori.

 

At the southern tip of Motuara Island is smaller Hippa Island which was the site of a pre-European Māori pā.

 

The adjacent Ship Cove was where Māori first met pakeha on a sustained basis. Motuara Island was the location where, in 1770, James Cook proclaimed British sovereignty over the South Island.

 

For more information visit : Motuara Scenic Reserve

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