20 Feb 2023

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 20 February 2023

Pou on Moturua, in Ipipiri/Bay of Islands, evokes the early settlement of this island (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Venerable pohutukawa stand on many headland sites in Ipipiri/Bay of Islands where pa were positioned (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Motuarohia/Roberton Island in Ipipiri/Bay of Islands is a popular anchorage and boating destination, and now boasts an excellent historical walk with interpretation panels (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Interpretation panels cut from cast iron tell the story of interaction between Cook and local Maori on Motuarohia/Roberton Island (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Tahitian navigator/tohunga Tupaia features in one of the Motuarohia/Roberton Island interpretation panels (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Had Tupaia been included more frequently in Cook's interactions with Maori, misunderstandings such as the one surrounding a powhiri and Cook's "line in the sand" would likely not have occurred (PHOTO: Kennedy Warne)

Kennedy joins the show from Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands.

He talks to Susie Ferguson about the overwhelming sense of Māori history in the area and also about how the popular understanding of the significance of climate change has changed in the past seven years.

Back then, extreme weather were generally accompanied by the line "we can't be sure if this storm is related to human-induced climate change."

With Cyclone Gabrielle, no one says that today.