Place Of Cook's Landing In New Zealand

Located on Kaiti Beach Road in Gisborne, the Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve marks the place where James Cook first set foot on New Zealand soil. When HMS Endeavour appeared in Poverty Bay in October 1769, the course of New Zealand history changed forever. The area has since been reclaimed, but the old shoreline is visible as a noticeable dip in the ground in front of the obelisk. The site of Cook's first New Zealand landfall is also believed to be the landing place of the Horouta an