Rambles in New Zealand

John Carne Bidwill (1815 - 1853)

John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decided to make a journey to New Zealand with the intention of penetrating to the high mountains in the interior of the North Island. This is the story of that journey—that of the first white man to climb Mt. Tongariro and the attendant adventures associated with such. Intermixed is commentary on the botany of that part of New Zealand and the language of the Ma̅ori people. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

Genre(s): Exploration

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 September 1838 to 16 February 1839 Beeswaxcandle
00:22:50
Play 02 17 to 23 February Beeswaxcandle
00:33:18
Play 03 24 February to 1 March Beeswaxcandle
00:36:42
Play 04 2 March to 8 March Beeswaxcandle
00:31:15
Play 05 9 March to 24 March Beeswaxcandle
00:15:08
Play 06 29 March to May Beeswaxcandle
00:35:06
Play 07 August 1840 Beeswaxcandle
00:09:30