History of the Nelson Region, New Zealand region and named the sea between the North and South Island as "Cook Strait". They landed at Queen Charlotte Sound and Ship Cove, both names of which were named by the British explorer. There, they spent several weeks repairing their ship "The Endeavour" and reloading food and water supplies. Captain Cook's and his crew were to enter the "Ship Cove" in their subsequent voyages to New Zealand in 1773 and 1777 respectively. On 22 January 1827, the French explorer Dumont d'Urville along with French crew on the ship "Astrolabe " entered the Tasman Bay into what is now known today
New Zealand pigeon New Zealand pigeon The New Zealand pigeon or kereru (Māori: kererū; "Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae") is a bird endemic to New Zealand. Māori call it "kererū" in most of the country but kūkupa and kūkū in some parts of the North Island, particularly in Northland. Commonly called wood pigeon, they are distinct from the wood pigeon ("Columba palumbus") of the Northern Hemisphere, which is a member of a different genus. The New Zealand pigeon belongs to the family Columbidae, and the subfamily Treroninae, which is found throughout Southeast Asia, Malaya, Africa and New Zealand. The members of this subfamily feed largely on