1642 Abel Tasman
On 18-19 December 1642, while searching for the great southern continent, Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman anchored in Golden Bay. The Māori blew a war horn and Tasman replied with trumpets. Following an attack on a ship's boat by some Māori, the Dutch returned fire before sailing away. Tasman named the area Murderers' Bay.
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