What is it with small men denigrating the icons of yesterday? As we suffer the effects of falsifying history with ever increasing fraudulent Treaty claims, Peter Blakeway is another feeding this scourge with his ridiculing of Cpt. James Cook as a failure.
Cook navigated British forces up the St. Lawrence River in an attack thought impossible that led to the end of French rule in Canada. His time there produced charts still in use into the 20th Century. He sailed a humble coastal collier halfway around the globe to chart NZ and led several other voyages that significantly improved knowledge about the Pacific and advanced science. He pioneered advances in dealing with problems such as scurvy. He had a level of humanity not often found in that day and age.
Like all of us I am sure he had his faults, but in an era fraught with danger and uncertainty he stood above most of his fellows. In comparison Peter Blakeway's 15 minutes of fame is based on throwing some ingredients into a pot and calling himself a cook. Get a life Peter. Who's the next target, Sir Edmund Hilary?

Mike Kuipers von Lande
Mount Maunganui.