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Sunday, 14th August, 2005

Sunday, August 14, 2005

# Some interesting information comming from the Future of Pitcairn group about a connection between the Pitcairn Islands, Tahiti and New Zealand Maori. One of the participants of the group is working on a TV documentary called ' Frontier of Dreams'.

From Polynesian ancestors and ambitious colonists to conniving politicians and the survivors of foreign wars, Frontier of Dreams meets the men and women whose stories converge to create our national narrative. It is the story of how Maori and Pakeha live together and how today a new wave of migrants are seeking to have their own stories heard.

From a post to the Future of Pitcairn group:

[...] the only record we have of the First Maori in NZ is an oyster shell fishing hook which came from what is now known as the Pitcairn Group. Dates to 1200 years ago

It sounds like it will be an interesting program to watch for those interested in New Zealand history, and might shed some interesting light on the migration of Polenesians from Tahiti, the Pitcairn Group, through to New Zealand. A book is apparently available that goes along with the documentary. The New Zealand Herald has information on the documentary.

# Online Pitcairn has some photos and video of the departure of the Picton Castle.

# Museum gift reveals fate of the Bounty muntineers.

Fletcher Christian and John Adams, the mutineers' leaders, used the book to register births, deaths, marriages and major events on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Now the book has been given to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to promote its 300th anniversary.

# No room for an old friend.

As part of an East Coast tour, the HMS Bounty tall ship will dock in New Bedford this weekend. According to tour organizers, it was hoped the Bounty could return to the Spindle City, which the ship called home from 1993 to 2001.

"Believe me, if there was a place (we could dock the Bounty), we would be there," said Margaret Ramsey, executive director of the HMS Bounty Organization. "If you found a place tomorrow, I would rearrange our schedule to get it there."