Captain cook was a British Explorer and the second person to explorer New Zealand.Captain Cook was born on the 7th of November 1728 and died on the 14 of February 1776 by getting stabbed by Nuaa in Hawaii.James Cook discovered New Zealand in 1769 and others landed on the eastside of the Turanganui River,near present day Gisborne.On the 31 of October 1770 Captain Cook went to Australia,Cook spent 6 months completing the first chart of New Zealand.Then in 1779 Captain Cook sailed into Hawaii to trade and Obtain Water and Food and sail all the way to Kealakekua Bay and sadly got stabbed and drowned.