On 19 December they reached New Zealand where Darwin thought the tattooed Māori to be savages with character of a much lower order than the Tahitians, and noted that they and their homes were "filthily dirty and offensive".
O 19 de decembro chegaron a Nova Zelandia, onde Darwin pensou que os tatuados māoris eran salvaxes cun carácter dunha orde moi inferior á dos tahitianos, e anotou que eles e as súas casas eran "noxentamente sucias e ofensivas".