Whakaotia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I waenganui i te tau 1907, i karangatia a David kia uru atu ki te haerenga Antarctic a Ernest Shackleton
"Nimirota" Expedition, a, i te Hakihea, i riro pūtea kāwanatanga Ahitereiria mo te haerenga. I taua marama ano ka wehe atu ia ki Aotearoa me Leo Cotton me Douglas Mawson, e rua o ana akonga o mua. Tata ki te 50 tau a David, a i whakaarotia kia noho ia tae noa ki te Paenga-whawha 1908, engari i te huarahi ki Antarctica i whakarereke ia i ana mahere ka whakatau ia ki te noho mo te roanga o te haerenga.