Cape Kidnappers

Published: Aug. 30, 2011, 5 a.m.

To Māori Cape Kidnappers is Te Matau-a-Māui - the fish hook with which demigod Māui hauled up the North Island. British explorer James Cook gave the cape its English name after a Tahitian crew member on his ship was seized by Māori. Cape Kidnappers is also home to a gannet colony where thousands of birds nest. Archival audio sourced from Natural History New Zealand, http://www.nhnz.tv/.