250th ANNIVERSARY OF TUIA EUROPEAN ARRIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND

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250th ANNIVERSARY OF TUIA EUROPEAN ARRIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND

Post by aukepalmhof » Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:57 am

When Tupaia, an arioi priest and navigator from Ra‘iātea, guided Lieutenant James Cook and the ENDEAVOUR from Tahiti to Aotearoa in 1769, a reconnection was made between Māori and their ancestral homelands. As featured on these stamps, New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery has created original artworks in response to his discoveries about where his personal history meets that of these first encounters.

Issue information
Through artworks by New Zealand painter Michel Tuffery, this stamp issue illuminates the role of arioi priest and navigator Tupaia in guiding Lieutenant James Cook and the ENDEAVOUR from Tahiti to Aotearoa in 1769.

$1.30 A messenger from Ra’iāte
Here, the white heron/ kōtuku is a messenger of connection looking towards Opoutama, a site of significant exchanges between Tupaia and Ūawa tangata whenua.

$1.30 Taiato and Young Nick, the adventurers arrive in Aotearoa, 1769
Tupaia’s nephew Taiato appears here alongside a fellow 12-year-old boy from the other side of the world. It was Nicholas Young who sighted land from the ENDEAVOUR’s masthead on 6 October 1769.

$2.60 Te Maro and Solander, two intellectuals from opposite sides of the world, 1769
Te Maro’s descendent Nick Tupara is depicted here in place of his ancestor who was killed at this tragic first meeting of Māori and British at the Tūranganui River.

$3.30 Parkinson at Opoutama, 1769
White blossoms of Tahitian tiare maori join Aotearoa’s vibrant red ngutukākā/kākābeak in this portrait of natural history artist Sydney Parkinson that celebrates his relationship with Tupaia.

$4.00 Not another Kuki story
Here we see Tupaia as migratory tuna, guiding Cook on his voyage and translating between people long separated yet always connected – seeds sown from Ra’iātea.

Miniature Sheet and First Day Covers
The first day cover features a drawing of the ENDEAVOUR, one of a series of sketches drawn by Michel Tuffery over his time traveling and researching the history of this ship’s journey to Aotearoa New Zealand. The miniature sheet features a detailed section of the Kōtuku painting featured on one of the two $1.30 stamps, and the miniature sheet first day cover continues the green, koru pattern background of the miniature sheet.

https://collectables.nzpost.co.nz/tuia- ... discovery/
New Zealand 2019 $1.30 – 4.00 sg 4111/4115, Scott?
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