Endeavour replica on its way to Tūranganui a Kiwa

250 years ago today the Endeavour made its way into Tūranganui a Kiwa - today a replica will do the same - but this time on tangata whenua terms. This has been the most anticipated day of the Tuia 250 commemoration - there has been strong opposition of the replica coming to the area James Cook named Poverty Bay. Local iwi agreed they wouldn't hold a pōwhiri for the Endeavour's arrival and instead suggested that descendants of the colonialists are best placed to conduct the welcome. A civic ceremony is being hosted by the city's mayor. Māni Dunlop is in Tūranganui a Kiwa and joins me now.