The year was 1776.
Abel Tasman was the Dutch explorer who first sighted and named New Zealand in 1642, prior to James Cook's circumnavigation of the islands in 1769.
Aoraki/Mount Cook was first sighted in 1642 by Abel Tasman. It's English name was named after Captain James Cook by Captain Stokes.
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Young Nick's Head, is the headland where Captain James Cook first set foot on New Zealand. The headland was named after the son of the surgeon aboard The Endeavour. Nicholas Young was the first to sight land, although it is not believed that this point was the land he sighted.
Captain William Hobson was the first Governor of New Zealand, 1840 - 1842.
Best guess, 13th or 14th century by the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori.
Captain Cook did not settle in New Zealand. He made three voyages to the Pacific and visited New Zealand on four separate occasions. He led the first British expedition to discover New Zealand and the first to set foot on new Zealand. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand but did not land there. Captain James Cook was the first to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.
The captain who sailed with Columbus was Martin Pinzón.
Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain) was the first to circumnavigate and chart the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
The first Europeans known to have sighted New Zealand were Abel Tasman and the crews of his two vessels in 1642. There have been other unproven claims for an earlier European visit. Lloyd Esler
It was first Sighted in 1678 by a French explore.
The first Australian netball captain is Becky Douglas. Her captaincy started in 1938. Her first international game was against New Zealand of that same year.