7 Oct 2019

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 7 October 2019

Kennedy has been in Gisborne for the Tuia 250 Cook commemorations and talks to Kathryn about the arrival of the three double-hulled waka on Saturday, and aspects of the new Tupapa Trail. He checks in from the Mahia Peninsula where he's talking to people involved in the Predator-Free 2050 project.

A flotilla of sailing va'a cruise offshore of a statue of James Cook on the Gisborne foreshore

Map table shows historic sites on the Gisborne foreshore, with Titirangi maunga in background

In recent times a shadow has passed over Cook's legacy at Turanganui-a-Kiwa

New artworks near Cook's landing site include many voyaging motifs, such as a whale's tail

Wrought iron tukutuku panels near Cook's landing site

Tukutuku panels lit up at night

A new artwork celebrating Te Maro, a casualty of the first meeting between tangata whenua and Endeavour crew, has been erected on Titirangi mounga