29 Nov 2018

Gisborne iwi calls for apology at Cook commemorations

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 29 November 2018

Ahead of celebrations to mark Captain Cook's arrival in New Zealand, a Gisborne iwi is demanding an apology for the atrocities he brought upon their people. The English explorer landed on the shores of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa in 1769. But according to the people of Rongowhakaata, what really happened that day has been swept under the carpet.