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| Title: | Desert Coast |
| Time: | 0'57" |
| Description: | The unbroken sands of the north west coast has seen many ship wrecks and almost became the Endeavour's grave as Cook battled a hurricane as he sailed south. |
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| Title: | Raglan to Taranaki |
| Time: | 3'15" |
| Description: | Cook found no stopping place along this coastline as he passed Gannet Island and then sighted the magnificent Mt Egmont. Peter too is on the longest leg of his trip so far. |
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| Title: | Queen Charlotte Sound & Ship Cove |
| Time: | 4'46" |
| Description: | Cook was still following Tasman's chart as he turned into the safe harbour he needed to clean the ship and re-supply. Very good realtions with Maori revealed many aspects of their knowledge of the land. Peter goes to the summit of a hill to see where Cook sighted the Strait that takes his name. |
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| Title: | Motuara |
| Time: | 1'42" |
| Description: | Before leaving the Sounds the Endeavour Crew spent time talking with the local Maori who told Cook that NZ is made of two to three large Islands. Cook builds a stone cairn and rasies the British flag on the island claiming the Mainland for his King. |
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| Title: | Te Papa & Cook |
| Time: | 1'42" |
| Description: | After crossing Cook Strait Peter diverts to see the famous portrait of Captain Cook held in New Zealand's National Museum, Te Papa. |
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| Title: | Cape Turnagain to Banks Island |
| Time: | 1'51" |
| Description: | The Endeavour turned briefly northwards again till Cook saw Cape Turnagain which confirmed that the North Island was indeed an island. Peter shows how Cook passed Bank Peninsula and, due to the low land of Christchurch, thought it to be an island, one of his few charting errors. |
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