But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...

Colonisers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took the mountain from the tribes after British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont.

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Stripping an Indigenous place name and imposing a new one on maps, atlases, and our phones’ navigational systems is an act of ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

The day before, at the spot where Captain James Cook first landed ... Australia correspondent for The New York Times, based in Sydney, covering Australia, New Zealand and the broader Pacific ...

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) ...