New doco series explores Fiordland history and nation's oldest shipwreck
The first episode of Furthest Frontier: Stories from Tamatea/Dusky Sound is set for release on Toitū Otago Settlers Museum's Facebook and YouTube pages on Saturday morning. The rest of the series will be posted over the next seven weeks. Last winter Toitū organised for professional maritime archaeologists to survey three sites - the 1795 Endeavour shipwreck, Cook's anchorage point in 1773 and the wreck of the Dunedin liner Waikare in 1910. The relics of Aotearoa's past are hidden away in Fiordland's remote wilderness and buried beneath the waves in Tamatea/Dusky Sound. It's the place where...
Source: rnz.co.nz