Table of Contents

Introduction 7
1. Living on the edge 15
2. Waitata Little Port Cooper 31
3. Te Pōhue Camp Bay 45
4. Rīpapa Island 63
5. Pūrau 81
6. Te Waipapa Diamond Harbour 105
7. Kaioruru Church Bay 127
8. Te Wharau Charteris Bay 145
9. Tauwharepaka Teddington 165
10. Allandale and Ōhinetahi 181
11. Ōtoromiro Governors Bay, Pukekaroro Sandy Bay, Māori Gardens 197
12. Ōtamahua Quail Island 219
13. Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa 245
14. Motukauatirahi Cass Bay 265
15. Motukauatiiti Corsair Bay 279
16. Magazine Bay 295
17. Te Awaparahi Buckleys Bay and Ōtokitoki Gollans Bay 313
18. Awaroa Godley Head 331
19. Connecting the harbour 347
Afterword 367
Notes 370
Bibliography 377
Glossary 380
Image credits 381
Acknowledgements 382
Index 383

About the Author

Jane Robertson has lived in Ōtoromiro Governors Bay, at the head of Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour, for 20 years. She has a doctorate in education, has taught history and English, and has worked as a teacher-educator, a researcher in the field of higher education, and an editor and local history researcher/writer. Her local history, Head of the Harbour, about Governors Bay, Ōhinetahi, Allandale and Teddington, was published in 2016.