Early Europeans in Aotearoa New Zealand: Settlers Before 1840

An exploration of early visitors and settlers to a part of the Colony of New South Wales that today is known as Aotearoa New Zealand. A wide range of Europeans were attracted to the land across the ditch. Michelle tells the stories of some of the characters who left their marks on both sides of the Tasman Sea before the Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed in 1840.