THE PACIFIC WITH SAM NEILL

Actor Sam Neill has always been fascinated with explorer Captain James

Cook and this is the book of the TV series which so brilliantly retraced Cook’s groundbreaking journey. For Sam the voyage was deeply personal, and with the help of series creator, historian and author Meaghan Wilson Anastasios, he grapples with the impact, especially on Indigenous peoples, of the “great explorer”. Should he be loved of loathed? Read on … you may change your mind!