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Cosy
Nook
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Craggy cove sheltering several fishing boats and holiday homes. Early
settlers reported Pahi's village, a Ngai Tahu settlement with forty
houses. The small island Matariki was once a defended pa site. |
Solander
Island
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On a clear day it's
possible to see the larger of the Solander Islands on the souths west
horizon. The Islands were named on 11. March 1770 by Captain James Cook as
he explored the waters in the Endeavour.
Daniel Carl Solander
(1733-82) was a distinguished Swedish botanist who, as assistant to Josef
Banks, sailed with Cook on his first great voyage of discovery to the
Pacific Ocean. |
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