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The lost tribe of Fiordland

No portraits exist of one of the most important people in Pacific history. Tupaia was a man of many talents: high priest, artist, diplomat, politician, orator and celestial navigator. After fleeing conflict on his home island of Ra’iātea for Tahiti, he befriended botanist Joseph Banks, and joined the onward voyage of James Cook’s Endeavour. Arriving in New Zealand in 1769, Tupaia discovered he could converse with Māori. He became an interpreter, cultural advisor and bringer of news from islands that Māori had left long ago.250 years on, we are barely beginning to know who he was.

Raise up the billowing sail

Georg Forster Research Award 2023 for Researchers from Developing Countries (€60,000) Application Deadline:  31 October 2023

WHO has heard or learned of this scientist? One might cast one’s mind back to one’s schooldays when the Geography teacher mentioned the Humboldt Current – a cold current flowing from the Southern Ocean northwards along the Chilean and Peruvian coasts or the Biology teacher may have talked about the