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''Ōnahau Bay''<ref name="NZGB Ōnahau Bay">{{cite web |title=Ōnahau Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/33660|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Ōnahau Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Ōnahau Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/waterfall-bay-qcs|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is a large bay in [[Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui]], New Zealand, just north-east of [[Grove Arm]] and meeting it at [[Houhou Point]].
'''Ōnahau Bay''' is a large bay in [[Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui|Queen Charlotte Sound]], New Zealand, just north-east of [[Grove Arm]] and meeting it at [[Houhou Point]].<ref name="NZGB Ōnahau Bay">{{cite web |title=Ōnahau Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/33660|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Ōnahau Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Ōnahau Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/waterfall-bay-qcs|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref>


==Naming==
==Naming==
The meaning of the name ''Ōnahau'' is unclear. On the Western side of the bay is a hill called ''Ōnahau'',<ref name="NZGB Ōnahau">{{cite web |title=Ōnahau|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/33659|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=28 December 2022}}</ref> either the bay's namesake or named for it. The name is also used for [[Ōnahau River]] & [[Little Ōnahau River]] in [[Tasman District|Te Tai o Aorere / The Tasman District]].
The meaning of the name {{Lang|mi|Ōnahau}} is unclear. On the Western side of the bay is a hill called Ōnahau,<ref name="NZGB Ōnahau">{{cite web |title=Ōnahau|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/33659|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=28 December 2022}}</ref> either the bay's namesake or named for it. The name is also used for [[Ōnahau River]] and [[Little Ōnahau River]] in the [[Tasman District]].


==Fence Bay==
==Local geographies==
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''Fence Bay''<ref name="NZGB Fence Bay">{{cite web |title=Fence Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/20598|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is 1 of 3 bays that sit in the back of ''Ōnahau Bay'', along with ''Waterfall Bay'' and ''Mistletoe Bay''. It was named for a fence that climbed a steep border between the farms of Vogel and Gullery in the middle of the 20th century.<ref name="Cruise Guide: Fence Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Fence Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/onahau-bay|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref>


==Mistletoe Bay==
=== Fence Bay ===
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Fence Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Mistletoe Bay.<ref name="NZGB Fence Bay">{{cite web |title=Fence Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/20598|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> It was named for a fence that climbed a steep border between the farms of Vogel and Gullery in the middle of the 20th century.<ref name="Cruise Guide: Fence Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Fence Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/onahau-bay|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref>
''Mistletoe Bay''<ref name="NZGB Mistletoe Bay">{{cite web |title=Mistletoe Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/29960|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Mistletoe Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Mistletoe Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/mistletoe-bay|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is 1 of 3 bays that sit in the back of ''Ōnahau Bay'', along with ''Waterfall Bay'' and ''Fence Bay''. ''Mistletoe'' is likely a reference to one of [[New Zealand|Aotearoa New Zealand]]'s 9 native mistletoes, the most likely culprits being [[Peraxilla tetrapetala]] (pirirangi/pikirangi),<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=peraxilla+tetrapetala|title=Perexilla tetrapetala|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> [[Peraxilla colensoi]] (pirita/pirinoa),<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=peraxilla+colensoi|title=Perexilla colensoi|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Alepis flavida]] (pirita/pirinoa),<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=alepis+flavida|title=Alepis flavida|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> as they commonly grow in beech forests like the [[Nothofagus solandri]] (tawairauriki/tawhairauriki)<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=black+beech|title=Black Beech|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> forests historically found along [[Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui|Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound]].<ref name="Tahuahua, D.M. Furness">{{cite book |last= Furness|first= D.M.|author-link= |date= |title= Tahuahua: the Story of Blackwood Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound|url= https://www.worldcat.org/title/tahuahua-the-story-of-blackwood-bay-queen-charlotte-sound/oclc/153715574|location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= }}</ref>


==Waterfall Bay==
=== Mistletoe Bay ===
''Waterfall Bay''<ref name="NZGB Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Waterfall Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/47514|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Waterfall Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/waterfall-bay-qcs|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is 1 of 3 bays that sit in the back of ''Ōnahau Bay'', along with ''Mistletoe Bay'' and ''Fence Bay''. The bay is home to at least one magnificent waterfall,<ref name="Stuff: Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Stuff: Waterfall Bay|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/back-your-backyard/120153069/why-you-must-visit-the-marlborough-sounds-and-waterfall-bay|website=stuff.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> from which it draws its name. The bay is home to [[Arachnocampa luminosa|pūrātoke glow-worms]],<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=Arachnocampa+luminosa|title=Perexilla tetrapetala|accessdate=28 December 2022}}</ref> bioluminescent plankton, and stingrays.<ref name= "Stuff: Waterfall Bay"/>
Mistletoe Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Fence Bay.<ref name="NZGB Mistletoe Bay">{{cite web |title=Mistletoe Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/29960|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Mistletoe Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Mistletoe Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/mistletoe-bay|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> Mistletoe is likely a reference to one of New Zealand's nine native mistletoes, the most likely culprits being [[Peraxilla tetrapetala]] (pirirangi/pikirangi),<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=peraxilla+tetrapetala|title=Perexilla tetrapetala|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> [[Peraxilla colensoi]] (pirita/pirinoa)<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=peraxilla+colensoi|title=Perexilla colensoi|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Alepis flavida]] (pirita/pirinoa),<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=alepis+flavida|title=Alepis flavida|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> as they commonly grow in beech forests like the [[Nothofagus solandri]] (tawairauriki/tawhairauriki)<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=black+beech|title=Black Beech|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> forests historically found along [[Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui|Queen Charlotte Sound]].<ref name="Tahuahua, D.M. Furness">{{cite book |last= Furness|first= D.M.|author-link= |date= |title= Tahuahua: the Story of Blackwood Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound|url= https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/153715574|location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= |oclc= 153715574}}</ref>


=== Waterfall Bay ===
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==Torapapa Point==
''Torapapa Point''<ref name="NZGB Torapapa Bay">{{cite web |title=Torapapa Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/44461|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is located on the eastern tip of ''Ōnahau Bay''. The point was labelled "Toropapa Point" on maps until sometime between 1949 and 1959.<ref name = "MapsPast NZ">{{cite web|title=MapsPastNZ|url=http://mapspast.org.nz/|website=mapspast.org.nz|accessdate=16 February 2022}}</ref>
Waterfall Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Mistletoe Bay and Fence Bay.<ref name="NZGB Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Waterfall Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/47514|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cruise Guide: Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Cruise Guide: Waterfall Bay|url=https://cruiseguide.co.nz/Queen-Charlotte-Sound/waterfall-bay-qcs|website=cruiseguide.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> The bay is home to at least one magnificent waterfall,<ref name="Stuff: Waterfall Bay">{{cite web |title=Stuff: Waterfall Bay|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/back-your-backyard/120153069/why-you-must-visit-the-marlborough-sounds-and-waterfall-bay|website=stuff.co.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> from which it draws its name. The bay is home to [[Arachnocampa luminosa|pūrātoke glow-worms]],<ref>{{Cite dictionary|dictionary=Māori Dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=Arachnocampa+luminosa|title=Perexilla tetrapetala|accessdate=28 December 2022}}</ref> bioluminescent plankton and stingrays.<ref name="Stuff: Waterfall Bay" />


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=== Torapapa Point ===
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==Dartmoor Bay==
''Dartmoor Bay''<ref name="NZGB Dartmoor Bay">{{cite web |title=Dartmoor Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/19343|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is located near the western tip of ''Ōnahau Bay'', just north of [[Grove Arm#Houhou Point|Houhou Point]].
Torapapa Point is located on the eastern tip of Ōnahau Bay.<ref name="NZGB Torapapa Bay">{{cite web |title=Torapapa Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/44461|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> The point was labelled "Toropapa Point" on maps until sometime between 1949 and 1959.<ref name="MapsPast NZ">{{cite web|title=MapsPastNZ|url=http://mapspast.org.nz/|website=mapspast.org.nz|accessdate=16 February 2022}}</ref>


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=== Dartmoor Bay ===
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''Dartmoor Bay'' derives its name from a cottage built there named ''Dartmoor''<ref name="Armed Marauder: Burglaries in the Sounds">{{cite web |title=Armed Marauder: Burglaries in the Sounds|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19290926.2.58?end_date=31-12-1961&items_per_page=10&query=dartmoor&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1928&title=TC%2cGBARG%2cMOST%2cNEM%2cNENZC|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |accessdate=10 February 2022}}</ref> owned by Mr Herbert Yelverton Monro. Herbert owned the ''Bankhouse'' run and station in the fork of the [[Wairau River|Wairau]] and [[Waihopai River (Marlborough)|Waihopai]] rivers in [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]].<ref name="Bankhouse Run No.9 (Run 15, 1849)">{{cite web |title=Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, V1, I3, Nov 1983L Bankhouse Run No.9 (Run 15, 1849)|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ04_03-t1-body1-d4-d2.html|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|accessdate=10 February 2022}}</ref> The Monro family has no known connection to [[Dartmoor]] in the United Kingdom.
Dartmoor Bay is located near the western tip of Ōnahau Bay, just north of [[Grove Arm#Houhou Point|Houhou Point]].<ref name="NZGB Dartmoor Bay">{{cite web |title=Dartmoor Bay|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/19343|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref>


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Dartmoor Bay derives its name from a cottage built there named Dartmoor owned by Mr Herbert Yelverton Monro.<ref name="Armed Marauder: Burglaries in the Sounds">{{cite web |title=Armed Marauder: Burglaries in the Sounds|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19290926.2.58?end_date=31-12-1961&items_per_page=10&query=dartmoor&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1928&title=TC%2cGBARG%2cMOST%2cNEM%2cNENZC|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |accessdate=10 February 2022}}</ref> Herbert owned the Bankhouse run and station in the fork of the [[Wairau River|Wairau]] and [[Waihopai River (Marlborough)|Waihopai]] rivers in [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]].<ref name="Bankhouse Run No.9 (Run 15, 1849)">{{cite web |title=Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, V1, I3, Nov 1983L Bankhouse Run No.9 (Run 15, 1849)|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ04_03-t1-body1-d4-d2.html|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|accessdate=10 February 2022}}</ref> The Monro family has no known connection to [[Dartmoor]] in the United Kingdom.{{Cn|date=December 2023}}
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==Postmans Rock==

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''Postmans Rock''<ref name="NZGB Postmans Rock">{{cite web |title=Postmans Rock|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/36623|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is a large rock just west of ''Torapapa Point''. The rock is named for when the [[Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui|Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound]] mail-boat was a row boat and would deposit mail upon it for the Sounds' residents to row out & pick up.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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=== Postman's Rock ===
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Postman's Rock<ref name="NZGB Postman's Rock">{{cite web |title=Postman's Rock|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/36623|website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> is a large rock just west of Torapapa Point. The rock is named for when the Queen Charlotte Sound mail-boat was a rowboat and would deposit mail upon it for the sound's residents to row out and pick up. Alternatively known as Post Office Rock.<ref name="Marlborough Sounds Tasman & Golden Bays by G. C. Hayter">{{cite book |last= Hayter|first= G. C.|author-link= |date= 1962|title= Marlborough Sounds Tasman & Golden Bays: A Guide for Tourists & Boatmen|url= |location= Christchurch, New Zealand|publisher= Pegasus Press|page= 29|oclc= 41321571}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Bays of the Marlborough Region]]
[[Category:Bays of the Marlborough District]]
[[Category:Marlborough Sounds]]
[[Category:Marlborough Sounds]]

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Ōnahau Bay
LocationMarlborough Sounds
Coordinates41°13′47″S 173°58′13″E / 41.22972°S 173.97028°E / -41.22972; 173.97028
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Dartmoor Bay
Dartmoor Bay
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Mount Bolton
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Ōnahau
Ōnahau
Postman's Rock
Postman's Rock
Waterfall Bay
Waterfall Bay
Torapapa Point
Torapapa Point
Mistletoe Bay
Mistletoe Bay
Fence Bay
Ōnahau Bay in Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound

Ōnahau Bay is a large bay in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, just north-east of Grove Arm and meeting it at Houhou Point.[1][2]

Naming

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The meaning of the name Ōnahau is unclear. On the Western side of the bay is a hill called Ōnahau,[3] either the bay's namesake or named for it. The name is also used for Ōnahau River and Little Ōnahau River in the Tasman District.

Local geographies

[edit]

Fence Bay

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Fence Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Mistletoe Bay.[4] It was named for a fence that climbed a steep border between the farms of Vogel and Gullery in the middle of the 20th century.[5]

Mistletoe Bay

[edit]

Mistletoe Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Fence Bay.[6][7] Mistletoe is likely a reference to one of New Zealand's nine native mistletoes, the most likely culprits being Peraxilla tetrapetala (pirirangi/pikirangi),[8] Peraxilla colensoi (pirita/pirinoa)[9] and Alepis flavida (pirita/pirinoa),[10] as they commonly grow in beech forests like the Nothofagus solandri (tawairauriki/tawhairauriki)[11] forests historically found along Queen Charlotte Sound.[12]

Waterfall Bay

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Waterfall Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Mistletoe Bay and Fence Bay.[13][14] The bay is home to at least one magnificent waterfall,[15] from which it draws its name. The bay is home to pūrātoke glow-worms,[16] bioluminescent plankton and stingrays.[15]

Torapapa Point

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Torapapa Point is located on the eastern tip of Ōnahau Bay.[17] The point was labelled "Toropapa Point" on maps until sometime between 1949 and 1959.[18]

Dartmoor Bay

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Dartmoor Bay is located near the western tip of Ōnahau Bay, just north of Houhou Point.[19]

Dartmoor Bay derives its name from a cottage built there named Dartmoor owned by Mr Herbert Yelverton Monro.[20] Herbert owned the Bankhouse run and station in the fork of the Wairau and Waihopai rivers in Marlborough.[21] The Monro family has no known connection to Dartmoor in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

Postman's Rock

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Postman's Rock[22] is a large rock just west of Torapapa Point. The rock is named for when the Queen Charlotte Sound mail-boat was a rowboat and would deposit mail upon it for the sound's residents to row out and pick up. Alternatively known as Post Office Rock.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Ōnahau Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Cruise Guide: Ōnahau Bay". cruiseguide.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Ōnahau". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Fence Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Cruise Guide: Fence Bay". cruiseguide.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Mistletoe Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Cruise Guide: Mistletoe Bay". cruiseguide.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Perexilla tetrapetala". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Perexilla colensoi". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Alepis flavida". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Black Beech". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ Furness, D.M. Tahuahua: the Story of Blackwood Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound. OCLC 153715574.
  13. ^ "Waterfall Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Cruise Guide: Waterfall Bay". cruiseguide.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Stuff: Waterfall Bay". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Perexilla tetrapetala". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Torapapa Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  18. ^ "MapsPastNZ". mapspast.org.nz. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Dartmoor Bay". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Armed Marauder: Burglaries in the Sounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, V1, I3, Nov 1983L Bankhouse Run No.9 (Run 15, 1849)". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Postman's Rock". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  23. ^ Hayter, G. C. (1962). Marlborough Sounds Tasman & Golden Bays: A Guide for Tourists & Boatmen. Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus Press. p. 29. OCLC 41321571.
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