Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook, and Abel Tasman.

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook, and Abel Tasman. Mark-O and I were doing Kupe. This is what I found out about Kupe, Kupe was the Chief of Hawaiki. He was the first explorer in Māori history to discover Aotearoa. He sailed on his big strong waka from Hawaiki to Aotearoa in AD905. When Kupe was sailing he saw  Te Wheke-A-Muturangi, Kupe wanted to kill Te Wheke for eating all his fish. When Kupe was chasing Te Wheke it lead him to New Zealand. Kupe was the Chief of Hawaiki.