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Drafting Waikawa Bay Article

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Karaka Point

Te Ihumoeoneihu / The Snout

Waikawa Marina

Moikarurangi Bay

Wharetukura Bay

  

Waikawa Bay in Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound

Waikawa Bay is a bay in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, New Zealand, near Waitohi / Picton. The bay meets Whatamangō Bay at Karaka Point. The bay is home to the Waikawa settlement and Waikawa Marae.

• Naming

Waikawa can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori words, wai , meaning "water", and kawa , meaning "bitter". Together they mean "bitter water".

• Wharetukura Bay

Wharetukura Bay is located on the eastern coast of Waikawa Bay, north of Moikarurangi Bay. Wharetukura can be split into 3 Te Reo Māori words,

whare meaning "house" or "building",

tu meaning "chimney" or "funnel", and

kura. Together Rātimera could mean "place to spot ship chimneys", or simply "chimney". Historian William Henry Sherwood Roberts posits it means "the yonder headland cliff".

• Moikarurangi Bay

Moikarurangi Bay

• Te Ihumoeoneihu / The Snout - 43814

Te Ihumoeoneihu / The Snout is a point on the western tip of Waikawa Bay. Ihumoeoneihu can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori words, ihu meaning "nose", and moeone a name for sandworms. Together with reduplication they mean "the long nose of the sandworm". It is unlikely that the sandworm was found there, as there is little sand along Te Ihumoeoneihu / The Snout, but they may have been taken there to be eaten. The literal translation of moeone is "sleep on the sand". The Snout may have evolved from the points Te Reo Māori name.

Drafting Grove Arm Article

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Aussie Bay

Ōnahau Bay

Flipper Bay

Houhou Point

Whenuanui Bay / Becks Bay

Takaputira Point

Pūroa Point

Ngākutu Point

Ngākutu Bay

Kaireperepe Point

Iwituaroa Point

Whenuanui Point

Governors Bay

Umungata Bay

Bottle Bay

Kōhanga Bay / Bythell's Bay

Momorangi Point

Momorangi Bay

Anakiwa / Thompson Bay

Okiwa Bay

  

Grove Arm in Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound

Grove Arm is a channel in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, New Zealand. It sits just north-west of Urukakea / Picton Harbour and encompasses a number of bays, points, and settlements.

• Naming

Grove Arm derives its name from The Grove, a name given to its eastern most bay by early pākehā settlers in reference to the extensive kahikatea forest found there.

• Anakiwa / Thompson Bay & Ngākuta Bay

Anakiwa / Thompson Bay sits in the north west corner of Grove Arm, and is home to the Anakiwa settlement. Te Awa Stream meets the ocean in the east side of Anakiwa / Thompson Bay. Anakiwa refers to a chief named Kiwa, with ana being a Te Reo Māori word meaning "cave". Together anakiwa means "the cave of Kiwa".

Ngākuta Bay is one of the larger bays along the Grove Arm. The southern end of the bay is home to the Ngākuta Bay settlement.

Ngākuta is a combination of the Te Reo Māori words ngā, meaning plural "the", and kuta, a name for the tall spike sedge Eleocharis sphacelata. Together ngākuta means "the tall spike sedges". There are 2 other "Ngākuta Bay"s in the Marlborough Sounds, one in Te Whanganui / Port Underwood, and the other in Onahau Bay / East Bay.

• Aussie Bay

Aussie Bay is located on the southern coast of Grove Arm, between Okiwa Bay and Momorangi Bay. The origin of its name is unclear, but the term Aussie is slang for Australia and Australians.

• Bottle Bay

Bottle Bay is located on the northern coast of Grove Arm, east of Umungata Bay. Like Aussie Bay, the origin of the name Bottle Bay is unclear. It may refer to the shape of the bay, which roughly resembles the top of a bottle.

• Flipper Bay

Flipper Bay is located on the northern coast of Grove Arm, between Houhou Point and Pūroa Point.

• Governors Bay

Governors Bay is located on the southern coast of Grove Arm, between Ngākuta Bay and Whenuanui Bay / Becks Bay. The origin of the name Governors Bay is unclear. It is likely named for one of the Governors of New Zealand, such as Thomas Gore Browne, the first governor to visit Marlborough, who's daughter is the namesake of Tukurehu / Mabel Island near Waitohi / Picton.

• Houhou Point

Houhou Point is located at the north eastern tip of Grove Arm, just outside of Ōnahau Bay.

Houhou is a Te Reo Māori name for the Pseudopanax arboreus, as well a a word meaning "to dig" or "put holes in".

• Iwituaroa Point

Iwituaroa Point sits east of Anakiwa / Thompson Bay.

Iwituaroa is a Te Reo Māori word meaning "backbone" or "spine".

• Kaireperepe Point

Kaireperepe Point sits on the southern coast of Grove Arm near its eastern entrance.

Kaireperepe can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori words, kai meaning "to eat", and reperepe, a name for Callorhinchus milii. Together, kaireperepe means "to eat reperepe".

• Kōhanga Bay / Bythell's Bay

Kōhanga Cottage circa 1936

The view looking east from Kōhanga Cottage circa 1936

Kōhanga Bay / Bythell's Bay is a small bay between Momorangi Bay and Ngākuta Bay. The land in the bay was bought by Mr Bythell in 1915 for 350 British Pounds.

Kōhanga is a Te Reo Māori word meaning "nest". This name was given by the Bythell family to their lodge there in 1915, and was adopted by the bay. In the 1980s, with no male Bythell descendants to carry of the name, the family sought to change the bays name to Bythell's Bay, as it is most commonly rendered today.

• Momorangi Bay & Momorangi Point

Momorangi Bay is located in the centre of the southern coast of Grove Arm, with Momorangi Point marking its eastern point near Kōhanga Bay / Bythell's Bay.

Momorangi can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori words, momo meaning "offspring", and rangi meaning "heavenly realm" or "sky". Together, momorangi means "offspring of the sky" or "offspring of the heavenly realm".

• Ngākutu Point

Ngākutu Point is the eastern point of Ngākuta Bay. Like the bay, its name is made up of Te Reo Māori syllables ngā, meaning plural "the", and TBD

• Okiwa Bay

Okiwa Bay is located at the back of Grove Arm, south of Anakiwa / Thompson Bay and west of Aussie Bay. It was likely named after chief Kiwa, the namesake of Anakiwa, and means "place of Kiwa". It was known as The Grove by early pākehā settlers.

• Pūroa Point

Pūroa Point sits on the south eastern tip of Bottle Bay. William Henry Sherwood gives the meaning of pūroa as "a long wind instrument", splitting it into Te Reo Māori prefix pū, meaning "pipe" or "flute", and word roa meaning "long".

• Takaputira Point

Takaputira Point is located on the western tip of Ngākuta Bay.

• Umungata Bay

Umungata Bay sits on the northern shore of Grove Arm, just west of Bottle Bay.

Umungata can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori syllables, umu, meaning "oven", and ngata, meaning "snail". Together umungata means "oven for snails" or "snail oven". The bay is also known as Davies Bay

• Whenuanui Bay / Becks Bay & Whenuanui Point

Whenuanui Bay / Becks Bay is a small, deep bay just east of Ngākuta Bay and Governors Bay. Whenuanui Point sits on the eastern point of Whenuanui Bay / Becks Bay.

Whenuanui can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori syllables, whenua, meaning "land", and nui, meaning "large". Together whenuanui means "large land" or "superior land", likely a reference to the large patch of flat land in the bay.

Becks Bay was initially known as Martin Becks Bay after Martin (Marty) Becks, who established a fishing lodge in the bay. The name was later shorted to Becks Bay.

Drafting Kaipapa Bay - 24176

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Golden Point / Price's Point

  

Kaipapa Bay in Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound

Kaipapa Bay is located opposite Waikawa Bay in Queen Charlotte / Tōtaranui, between Kumutoto Bay & Tahuahua Bay / Blackwood Bay

• Naming

Kaipapa means "the flat place" or "flat rock where food is eaten" - Māori Nomenclature Price's Point - The north tip of Kaipapa Bay. Nearby here was a Māori kāika. - MN

• Golden Point - 21553

Golden Point is a point located opposite Waikawa Bay in Queen Charlotte / Tōtaranui. The point is home to an abandoned gold mine.

Nearby here was a Māori kāika. - MN

Queen Charlotte Goldfield

The mine along Golden Point dates from the early 1880s and was part of the Queen Charlotte Goldfield. The Queen Charlotte Goldfield extended as far as Port Gore and incorporated the antimony mine in Panaruawhiti / Endeavour Inlet as well.

In 1872 Charles Greenlaw was prospecting in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui when he found auriferous quartz near Picton, leading to the declaration of the Queen Charlotte Goldfield. Greenlaw went on to form a syndicate in 1873, applying for a two hectare lease on Price's Point, Kaipapa Bay. The application was disputed by a pākehā from Panaruawhiti / Endeavour Inlet, but the dispute was ruled in Greenlaw's favour. In 1873 quartz leaders & samples from Price's Point were found to contain visible gold, assaying over 3oz per ton of quartz & leading to a drive being put in. Leases were taken out on adjoining land by competing syndicates hoping to cash in. The mine was closed during the mid 1870s, but in 1878 a new company was formed in Wellington, with a few residents of Picton investing despite unsure Marlborough residents. In 1878 E. W. Mills' Lion foundry in Wellington was contracted for a 25-horsepower horizontal engine, pumping equipment and winding gear. The schooner Herald shipped the equipment from Wellington, and a poppet head was built over the main mining shaft in 1879 so that work could continue. Once the equipment had been installed, the shaft was used in two parts. Workers & equipment were sent down one side, with quartz, & mullock hauled up the other. The shaft also provided ventilation for the workers, a much needed improvement that improved working conditions and allowed for longer stints in the mine. Both the shaft and the main drive were extended several times, and in 1881 reached a depth of 69m (226ft), with 49m (160ft) below sea level.

Quartz was lifted out of the mine using the winding gear and brought via a tramway to the stamping battery where it was crushed. The 10 stamp battery was obtained second hand from Golden Bay along with two berdans, and installed about 40 metres down the hill from the main shaft.

In its heyday about 12-13 men worked the mine and processed the ore. The “paydirt” was then further processed in the two berdans. These look a little like a mortar and pestle, except a lot bigger. They consist of a large pan, with a steel ball inside. A berdan pan was a grinding pan. The circular pan was set at an angle, and as the pan revolved, the heavy iron ball rotated in the lowest point of the pan, grinding the mineralised quartz to a fine powder. They were often used with mercury to form an amalgam from which the gold could be extracted on a table lined with copper plates.

When the mine closed for good in 1881 the stamping battery and berdans were dismantled and taken to the northbank. They remain there and are visible today, but were never re-assembled.

After processing in the berdans, the pulverised rock was passed over a riffle (or gold concentrating) table, with the mercury covered copper plates, to recover the gold. This was called “washing up”. In later years a more efficient process was developed using cyanide to recover up to 96% of the gold, but neither process was safe.

This first crushing proved disappointing however, and the directors, by now cash strapped had hard decisions to make. Much of the company’s assets and lease were sold, but it wasn’t enough to cover the debts. The mine lay silent and abandoned for a while, but not forgotten. Eventually, on 24th August 1880 the Golden Eagle Mining Company was formed and registered.

Work continued on the main shaft, and the miners' families, with up to eight children between them, lived in the settlement. About 20 tons of quartz was mined and crushed, this yielded about 10 oz. of gold, and optimism was high for the future of the mine but was unfounded as this was just an isolated pocket of gold.

It appears the workings are on the east side of Kaipapa Bay. Half a dozen houses are scattered along the foreshore with wharfs, and access may require permission. William Edward Stanley Hickson of Wellington formed the Golden Eagle Gold Mining Company Limited on 24 August 1880, with only 1000 pounds capital. By September tenders were being advertised to sink the main shaft, followed by advertisements seeking a mine manager, and finally tenders to erect a stamp battery in 1883 to 1884. A tunnel was driven into the hill, with a main shaft sunk to connect with it at the end. Quartz was lifted out with winding gear, then sent via tramway to a 10 head stamp battery 40 metres down the hill. About twelve men were working at the mine. The first crushing was dis-appointing, the assets and lease sold, and company wound up. About 20 tonnes of quartz was mined for 10 ounces of gold. Early 1873, a neighbouring lease of 5 acres was taken out by the Golden Point Gold Mining Company, headed by Charles James Greenlaw, Charles Henry Turner, and Richard Nicholls. Turner and Greenlaw were particularly active over the period in several unsuccessful gold mining ventures in the region. Calls were made until late 1884, when information dries up. Prospectors Monk and William (surnames) were looking at the site in 1878, and threatening to form a company. Rich gold specimens were displayed in Wellington. Government Geologist, Hector, reports a dark grey mica schist impregnated with quartz veins with no defined lode, trending north-east, and dipping 40 degrees west. The veins ranged from a few inches to 2 feet thick, at least six in number. Hector panned several locations at the mine, which all came up with gold. He stated a greater quantity of auriferous quartz leaders was needed to make a mine profitable. A dispute is reported over the ownership of the lease. One disaffected party took to removing gold bearing quartz from the mine, and planting it in various parts of the surrounding bays and headlands, it is assumed then trying to sell the lease to unsuspecting buyers. If you find gold laying around Picton, this could be the explanation you are seeking. Early reports state it was also the site originally of a Maori settlement with orchard. Visitors report pits remaining, over which were the dwellings. Remains of the tramway can be seen near the foreshore, tunnels, shafts, and minor relics of the battery and miner's camp further up the hill. - https://www.theprow.org.nz/yourstory/gold-point-mining/#.Y7iiQHZBxD9

Drafting Isolated Bays

• Anaho / Cannibal Cove - 17911

Anaho is the Te Reo Māori name meaning "new bay" or "bay that runs deep".

Cannibal Cove was named by James Cook in 1770 after the crew of the HMS Endeavour found human bones amongst the remains of a meal there. This was not the crew's first interaction with cannibalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, having heard about the practice from their first stop, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay. The crew had mixed reactions, with James Cook very matter-of-fact, and Joseph Banks, & Tupaia horrified. European accounts state that Tupaia attempted to convince local Māori to refrain from the practice. While the HMS Endeavour was beached in Meretoto / Ship Cove to be cleaned and make hull repairs, those onboard explore Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound. On the 17th of January 1770, James Cook, Joseph Banks, Tupaia and others ventured to the next bay over, Anaho, in the pinnace. As they approached, the group spotted a dead woman floating in the bay, and a small group of people on the beach cooking in a ground oven. The shore group retreated, but would slowly return and speak to the visitors. They had been cooking a kurī, and nearby in a food basket the visitors found two bones from a human forearm. The locals confirmed one of the bone to be human, from enemies who had attacked the previous date, and indicated they had eaten the flesh through pretending to chew on their own arms. The woman in the bay was a relative of the group who they had weighed down with stones in order to bury her. The crew had much the same reaction to this encounter as they had in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay, with Joseph Banks satisfied to have proof of the practice.

The bay was labelled on maps as Canibals Cove by James Cook and several others. Richard Pickersgill displaces Cannibal Harbour one bay to the south to Meretoto / Ship Cove, labelling Anaho / Cannibals Cove as Murdherers Cove on at least one chart.

Charles & George Turner built a homestaed at Cannibal Cove in the late 1860s. - Gold Tin

• Anakakata Bay

Anakakata Bay is located north of Little Waikawa Bay, just south of Cape Jackson.

• Cherry Bay

• Christys Bay

• Clay Point

• East Bay (South)

• Ekiera

• Green Bay

• Houhou Point

• Iwirua Point

• Iwituaroa Point

• Kahika Bay

Kahika is a Māori name for the white pine tree Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.

• Kahikatea Bay

Kahikatea Bay sits east of Whatamangō Bay.

Kahikatea is a Māori name for the white pine tree Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.

Kahikatea Bay#Curious Cove

Curious Cove sits at the back of Kahikatea Bay.

Kahikatea Bay, in Tōtaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound in the Marlborough Sounds, is named for the giant trees which once grew there, down to the shoreline. Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui and Rangitāne have significant association with Tōtaranui and its bays, for the kaimoana and other resources. The land was first offered for sale to settlers in 1859, and was probably bought then by Donald McCormick, who had arrived with his family from Scotland in 1855 and first settled in Maraetai (Tory Channel). Over the next few years he gradually acquired all the land between there and Karaka Point, which includes Kahikatea Bay. Once the McCormick family had built their homestead in Whatamango, they sold off their other blocks, first to someone claiming to be an English baronet called Sir Charles Forbes, thought to be a remittance man, and almost certainly a fraud. The McCormick's also retained about one acre of land on the left hand side of the cove, on the flat, and built a substantial bach there in about 1957, which is now probably part of Kiwi ranch. By 1880 two men, Wachsmann and Bush, were on the Kahikatea land. Bush was drowned in a boating accident,2 and the land came on to the market in 1890. It was passed in, eventually going to the Landall family at the upset price of one penny an acre. Later, John Landall was also drowned from his boat,3 so there was an unlucky succession of owners. The first time the name Curious Cove appeared in the press was in 1905, when it was mentioned in the NZ Illustrated Magazine.4 It was not until motor launches came into use that the bay was accessible as a holiday destination. A guest at Curious Cove helping to load the picnic lunch onto the launch before a day out to visit Ships Cove for the day, 1961. The accommodation huts can be seen in the background. Picton Historical Society image. Until the Second World War started it was used for club camps, and when the Americans entered the War they developed it as a potential convalescent base, but never actually used it. The RNZAF then took it over for use as a holiday and recreation site, until it was bought by A.C. Manning who advertised it in December 1945 as a ‘modern, well-equipped Holiday Camp. The land from there to Karaka Point was bought at the same time by Fred Musgrove for forestry. During the 1960s Curious Cove was the venue for the annual university students’ summer gathering, with a somewhat riotous reputation. Since then it has changed hands several times, but, still under the name of Kiwi Ranch, it continues to offer youth and family vacation opportunities.

• Kaikanohi

• Kaipākirikiri Bay

Kaipākirikiri means "eat pākirikiri", Parapercis colias or Notolabrus celidotus

• Kaipūpū Bay / Shakespeare Bay & Kaipūpū Point

"Kaipūpū" means eat pūpū, Turbo smaragdus or Charonia lampas rubicunda. - MN

• Kaireperepe

"Kaireperepe" To eat reperepe Callorhinchus milii - MN

• Karaka Bay

Karaka is the Te Reo Māori name for the tree Corynocarpus laevigatus.

• Cape Jackson#Kempe Point

A woolshed was built near Kempe Point by the Turner family, operators of the Ravensliff Run along Cape Jackson. The point was reportedly a difficult beaching - Gold Tin

Sometime after 1872 a benched and graded road was installed from the Kempe Point landing

• Koutounui / Dieffenbach Point

Named after New Zealand Company naturalist Ernst Dieffenbach who visited the sounds aboard the Tory in 1839.

Koutounui means "many of you" - MN

• Kumutoto Bay & Kumutoto Point

Kumutoto means "blood pressed out" as from a wound or sore - Māori Nomenclature Alternatively known as Powerful Bay - MN

• Kurakura Point

Kura is a Te Reo Māori word meaning "red", reduplication, "very red point".

• Little Waikawa Bay

Originally named Waikawa Bay, Little Waikawa Bay sits just north east of Anaho / Cannibal Cove & north of Motuara Island.

Waikawa can be split into 2 Te Reo Māori words, wai , meaning "water", and kawa , meaning "bitter". Together they mean "bitter water". Due to its proximity to Waikawa Bay and its smaller size, it is given the prefix of "Little" in 1970, making its full name "Little Bitter Water".

On James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific Ocean, the master of the HMS Discovery Thomas Edgar, dubbed this bay Shin Bone Cove. The name is not accounted for in the records of Cook's first two voyages, but may draw on the history of Anaho / Cannibal Cove.

• Longfellow Bay

• Matere

• Mint Bay

• Momorangi Point

• Monkey Bay

• Ngākutu Point

• Ngatawhetawheta Point

• Okiwa Bay

• Picton Harbour

• Pihaka Point

Maori nomen

• Postman's Rock

The mailboat used to drop peoples mail on the rock, and residents would row out to the rock and collect it. - Reddit Post, Mail Boat Email

• Spenser Bay - https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/5500

Initially spelt "Spencer Bay", the bay was named after poet Edmund Spenser in keeping with the local theme of poet namesakes for bays. - NZG

• Takaputira Point

• Te Ahitaore

• Te Kurakura / Dryden Bay

Drydon Bay was Te Kurakura (the red place)

Te Kurakura is made up of 2 Te Reo Māori syllables, te meaning singular "the", and kura meaning "red". The reduplication of kura intensifies the adjective. Te Kurakura means "the very red place".

• Picton, New Zealand#Te Mimi-o-Kupe / Wedge Point

Te Mimi-o-Kupe means "place where Kupe urinated" or "the urination of Kupe", the legendary polynesian explorer and discoverer of Aotearoa.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/2390/kupes-places-around-the-marlborough-sounds

• Te Ruatarore

• Titoki Bay

• Tōrea Moua / Tōrea Bay

• Waihī Point

• Whenuanui Point

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Drafting Te Whanganui / Port Underwood Bays Sub-Articles

Te Whanganui / Port Underwood is a bay in Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, New Zealand. The harbour bordersCloudy Bay.

• Naming

Te Whanganui is a Te Reo Māori name meaning "the harbour. Other harbours with similar names including Whanganui & Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Port Underwood is named after Joseph Underwood, a co-owner of the shipping firm Kabel & Underwood. Iwi historian John Grey also reports of a story of a great flood, washing many trees into Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay, so many in number than the bay & the port were "underwood".

• Ocean Bay / Ohienga & Ocean Point

Ocean Bay / Ohienga is the first bay in Te Whanganui / Port Underwood from which the open ocean is visible.

Naming

Ocean Bay originates from the bay's view of the ocean. - CG

Ohienga is a name of unclear origin. It is the Te Reo Māori name for the bay, and may be a phonetic transliteration of the pākehā name. - CG Ohienga can also be broken up into 2 Te Reo Māori syllables, o meaning "place of", & hienga meaning "shouting". Together ohienga means "Place of Shoutout" or "Place of Hienga (a person's name)". - NZG

The bay was referred to as Ferguson's Cove during the early 19th century, after a local whaler who had two stations in the bay. - CG

'Marlborough, Port Underwood. This is the only bay in Port Underwood that faces the sea. The name was given by early whalers. Maori name: Ohienga, lit. o: place of; hienga: shouting; or place of Hienga.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.

History

A 1970s archaelogical survey uncovered a cluster of three large pits, likely the remains of an old Māori hut. Local iwi, Rangitāne, had a settlement in the bay until 1829 when, by right of conquest, it was taken by Ngāti Toa. In the 1830s, whalers began arriving in the harbour, and in return for establishing their stations in the bay, paid Ngāti Toa in tobacco & muskets. In 1839 the Tory visited the bay, with naturalist Ernest Dieffenbach reporting that the bay contained two short whaling stations. Dieffenbach also reported a population of 30 pākehā and 100 Māori employed and residing in the bay. - CG

Between 1909 and 1924 a school operated in the bay by the name of Ocean Bay School. The school was run by Rev. John Crump & Alice Crump, missionaries who had bought land in Ocean Bay / Ohienga in 1905. The Crumps initially established the school in order to educate their own children, but within two years the school had 50 enrolled students. Ocean Bay School was known for its high quality educate and outdoor educational programme, encouraging students to explore the surrounding areas extensively. Ocean Bay School was an aided school, paid for by the Education Board & the Crumps jointly. The 1924 foundation of the New Zealand Correspondence School lead to the Ocean Bay School closing down. At the time of its closure the school featured a two-story classroom & dormitory building. - CG

Residents

Anne Boyce (née Cave), 1827-1914, was a renowned herbalist. Anne was born in Sydney, Australia in 1827, and would arrive in Te Whanganui / Port Underwood in the 1830s, along with her parents & sister. Anne & her sister were home schooled, and over time Anne acquired considerable knowledge of farming practices and Te Reo Māori. In 1842 Anne married a sea captain named William Boyce, settling in Ocean Bay / Ohienga and having 12 children. In her elder years Anne was known for her herbalism and would treat locals across Marlborough and Tasman. - CG - https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1b28/boyce-ann

• Waipuna Bay

Waipuna is a Te Reo Māori word meaning "spring".

The bay was referred to as Skulkers Bay by John Guard and his whalers, due to his men skulking/shirting work and pulling in to the bay and wasting away time.

Rata trees from the ridge of the bay were reportedly used in the 1930s as timber for Guard's ship building operation in Kākāpo Bay.

• Kākāpō Bay

Naming

Kākāpō Bay is named for the kākāpō bird, a native flightless parrot of New Zealand. CG

An alternative name for the bay is Guard's Bay, named for whaler John Guard.

History John Guard purchased the bay from Te Rauparaha & Te Rangihaeata of Ngāti Toa in the early 1830s and began operation of the first shore-based whaling station in Te Whanganui / Port Underwood. Guard's children, John & Louisa Guard, were the first pākehā children born in the South Island. By the late 1830s Kākāpō Bay had a population of roughly 65, including James Wynen & Rangiawa Kuika, a high born Ngāti Toa wahine, & their infant child. In December of 1842, Ranbgiawa Kuika & her child were murdered in the bay by Richard "Dick" Cook. Cook was brought to trial but, due to a lack of credible witnesses, freed. The failure of the pākehā justice system to prosecute Cook is part of the history of the Wairau Affray. Rangiawa Kuika, along with a number of the Parker family, are buried in a small cemetery overlooking Kākāpō Bay. - CG

• Tom Canes Bay

The original pākehā name for this bay was Tom Caves Bay, Cave is said to have been a cooper. It is unclear if Tom Cave is any relation to Anne Boyce née Cave, however her father was also a cooper - CG, Cave Father Cooper

An alternate name for the bay is Harriet Cove after the ship Harriet which was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834. - CG

History Two shore-based whaling stations had been established in Tom Canes Bay by the late 1830s, managed by an American and an Englishman respectively. - CG

Residents William Deakin was a rope maker and whaler born in England who jumped ship in Te Whanganui / Port Underwood. He had been living in America before arriving in New Zealand in the 1830s, and attending the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on Horahora Kakahu Island. Deakin set up in Tom Canes Bay where he met Mary Ann Baldick née Sherwood, the widow of Mr. George Baldick. Mary had arrived aboard in the barque Hope in June of 1840 alongside George, who had been employed at a farm in the Wairau Plains. Mary and their children would remain in Tom Cane's Bay while George worked, returning fortnightly for supplies. In September of 1840, Georgle Baldick and six other men drowned while attempting to cross the Wairau Bar in a square bottomed boat. Mary, age 26, was left as a widow and single mother of four. In December of 1840, Mary and William Deakin were wed, having their first child by Kura Te Au / Tory Channel in 1841, and their second back in Tom Cane's Bay. Reports tell that the nearby bays of Whangatoetoe Bay and Pipi Bay were gifted to Mary as thanks by local Māori after she saved a young Māori girl from rape. Several years on and having moved to Whangatoetoe Bay, William would desert Mary and return to America. Mary remained in the area, remarrying twice more before leaving her 4th husband, moving to Blenheim, and establishing a nursing & maternity home. - CG

• Waingara / Coles Bay

Coles Bay was named for Captain Cole who lived there in the summer of 1842. - CG, Loreen Brehaut, the Bays of Port Underwood (Picton: Picton Historical Society, 2012) 9.

Waingara is a Te Reo Māori name of unclear meaning. 2 options have been suggested, "water of ngare (flax)" and "water of eel bobs". - CG

• Oyster Bay

This bay receives its Māori name, Te Tio and its European name, a direct translation, Oyster Bay, from the abundance of oysters that were once found in the area.1 - CG In 1839 the bay was purchased by the whaler John (Jacky) Guard from Eruini Te Tupe-o-Tu for 50 pounds.3 Eruini Te Tupe-o-Tū was a son of the celebrated warrior-chief Te Tupe-o-Tū of the Otaraua tribe from Taranaki. He had lived at Te Awaiti Bay in the Tory Channel for many years and took the European name, Edwin White. Eruini Te Tupe-o-Tū was an influential individual and well known in the district. He was a whaler, ship owner and farmer and signed Te Tiriti/the Treaty of Waitangi at Queen Charlotte Sound on 4 May 1840.4 During the 1830s and 1840s Te Whanganui/Port Underwood was a hub of whaling activity. Shore whaling stations camped in the surrounding bays and ships from all over the world re-provisioned at Oyster Bay.5 In 1857 John Guard Junior moved to the bay and operated the post office there. A school was also located in the bay for several years. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a road from Whatamango Bay was constructed connecting Oyster Bay with Picton. This construction coincided with the extension of power lines into Port Underwood and from that time onwards the number of holiday homes in the area increased rapidly. A large camp for the Electricity Department workers was also based in Oyster Bay while the construction of the lines was taking place. The south-eastern point in the bay is named Willawa Point. The point projects into the harbour causing the strong northerly wind gusts to eddy about creating minor water spouts. The name comes from a nineteenth century word for violent wind gusts. The bay is now an important port for the mussel industry. - CG

• Uruti Bay

• Willawa Point

• Hakahaka Bay

Hakahaka is a Te Reo Māori word meaning "squat", "short", or "low lying". - CG, TAM

The bay is said to be named for a local chief, Does this description refer to the stature of the chief or is it in fact a reference to low lying land in the bay? During the 1970s, archaeological evidence of Māori settlement in the bay was discovered in the form of shells and burnt food materials. There was a school in the bay from 1912 to 1916 and during the Second World War, American marines practised landing three submarine chasers on the beach. A notable couple to live in the bay during the Nineteenth Century were John and Kurapa Davis. John Davis came to New Zealand from America at the age of 16 on a sealing and whaling ship. He was African American and possibly an ex-slave. Kurapa Davis, née Okura, was born on the Rēkohu/ Chatham Islands. She was an adolescent during the period following the 1835 invasion of Rēkohu/ Chatham Islands by two mainland iwi, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama. In 1842 as a legacy of the invasion and the resulting enslavement of the population, it is said Kurapa, was relocated to the Auckland Islands. It was here she probably she met John Davis and in 1847 had a daughter with him. By 1855 the couple had reached New Zealand and moved to Hakahaka Bay. Here they received a land grant, built a house and established gardens and an orchard. The couple were renowned for their hospitality, hosting many visitors to the region. They made a living through fishing and whaling. Kurapa died 1884, locally known as Old Poll or Mary Davis, she is buried in an unmarked grave in the bay. John died in 1886. He is buried in Picton Cemetery. - CG

• Whangataura Bay

The origin of the bay’s name is unknown. Whanga means bay in Māori and taura means rope or cable. There is some suggestion that, Pākehā (non-Māori), knew the inlet as Tawa Bay after a stand of large trees on the hill. The bay has a long history of human settlement. The iwi (tribe) Ngāti Toa Rangatira, had a pā in the bay during the Nineteenth Century3 and an archaeological survey uncovered evidence that around the Fourteenth Century early Māori used the area as a location for shaping stone adzes. Following the arrival of Pākehā, the bay was farmed by George Baldick, who cleared the lowland forest. George married Eliza Jackson in 1860. The couple initially lived in the bay in a mud hut but after having 15 children, built a larger wooden house in middle of the bay. In 1882 the first Port Underwood School was established in bay with 14 pupils. - CG

• Blackball Point

South of Whangataura Bay

To the south of the bay is Blackball Point, so named for the hulk of the Blackball that lies offshore in the shallow sandy water. The Blackball was an ex-coal hulk, which was towed from Wellington in 1923 for river protection at Wairau. The plan was to sink the ship to provide a foundation for breastworks but instead it was left at Te Whanganui / Port Underwood as it was unable to clear the Wairau Bar. The ship drifted around Te Whanganui / Port Underwood on an inadequate anchor and eventually grounded on the point. Kauri planks and iron from the hulk were salvaged before ship was burnt. Some evidence of the ship remains. - CG Whangataura Bay

• Opihi Bay

The name of this bay in Māori means the place of springing up. This name probably refers to the New Zealand Flax, or Harakeke plants that are found growing at the edge of the water. The bay has a long history of occupation with archaeological evidence of early Māori gardens. In 1840, the naturalist, Johann Dieffenbach, aboard the New Zealand Company ship the Tory, noted Opihi Bay had a resident population of approximately 40 Māori. Pākehā (non Māori) settlers were also drawn to the bay. From the 1860s onwards, several generations of the Daken family lived in the bay. In 1884 the original Port Underwood School was shifted to the bay from Whangataura Bay. It operated until 1901. During the Second World War, American marines used the bay to practice invasion maneuvers. They came ashore with equipment and dug fox holes in the flat land behind beach. They also set up observation posts on the hills overlooking the bay. The marine landing exercises were carried out from landing craft barges or self-propelled amphibious tanks. In November 1943, these marine units went on to serve at the Battle of Tarawa in the Pacific and suffered significant losses.

• Deep Bight

Deep Bight is a deep indentation into Tongue Point, where the late Nineteenth Century a fence went up over the hill separating the land into two areas. The bay has steep rock and clay hillsides and no flat land. It is marked nautical charts due to the good anchorage provided by deep water. - CG

• Seperation Point / Tongue Point - CG Deep Bight

The Pākehā (non Māori) name was given in memory of the whaler, Michael Aldridge, who lived in Ocean Bay but used this bay to process the whale tongues he was given in payment for acting as a translator or 'tonguer' between Māori and Pākehā. - CG Kingfish Bay

• Tongue End / Point Underwood - CG Deep Bight
• Kingfish Bay

A shallow bay, with a rocky shore and kelp beds at each side. Named for the yellow-fin kingfish seen swimming in the area.

• Moki Bay / Tongue Bay

The Māori name for this bay is given for the Moki found in the area, a type of edible fish.

• Whangakoko Bay

The name of this bay in Māori means shovelled harbour. Whanga means bay and koko means to take up a shovel. Traditionally the bay has been used for collecting green lipped mussels, or kuku. It is possible the bay may have been named for this and the word has altered over time. The bay, like many in the wider Te Whanganui / Port Underwood area has a long history of occupation by Māori. The iwi (tribe), Rangitāne o Wairau had settlements in the harbour until 1829, when by right of conquest, Ngati Toa Rangatira became dominant.2 Māori used the area for collecting kaimoana (seafood) and for trade with whalers and settlers. During the Nineteenth Century the bay was part of a large farm run by Tim Daken. Prior to this, the Stavely family had lived in the bay in a large two storey house. The Stavelys ran a dairy and fish smoking facility. There are some large English trees and daffodil bulbs that remain from the garden and a family cemetery. There was a school on the flat in the bay. Piles of stones, some from Wairau Boulder Bank, can be seen in bay at low tide. These are the remains of ballast discarded by small sailing ships returning empty to the bay most likely trading in firewood. - CG

• Ngākuta Bay

The name Ngakuta, means water plants and possibly refers to an edible seaweed found in the bay. There are three bays in the Marlborough Sounds with this name. The other two are in Grove Arm and East Bay, Totaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound. Evidence of early occupation in the bay was found during an archaeological survey undertaken in the 1970s. Shell middens and burnt stones were found around the edges of a stream and several food storage pits were located along the ridge on the hill above the bay. Ngakuta Bay’s location at the head of Te Whanganui / Port Underwood made it a strategic location for both Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori) alike. The low saddle at the top of the ridge behind Ngakuta Bay provides walking access between Te Whanganui/ Port Underwood to Totaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound. This route, up and over the hill behind Ngakuta Bay and down into Opua Bay, Totaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound, solves one of the biggest logistical challenges faced by those living in the Marlborough Sounds, how to access one sound from another while avoiding a sea voyage. Ngāti Toa warriors used this route to escape pursuit by Ngāi Tahu in 1833 and it was the central location of Ngakuta Bay that attracted the Methodist missionaries, Samuel and Sarah Ironside to the bay in late 1840. The Ironsides established a significant Methodist mission settlement in the bay which they named, Pisgah Vale. Samuel Ironside travelled throughout the sounds, often walking over the hill, along the ridge that is now known as Ironside Ridge to reach congregations in Totaranui/ Queen Charlotte Sound, the Tory Channel and Pelorus Sound. Sarah Ironside taught reading, writing and bible studies to local women. By 1842 a church, the Ebenezer Chapel, had been built in the bay. The exterior of the building was clad in mānuka bark and the roof thatched with raupō reeds. The building was approximately 21 metres in length and capable of holding 700 people. The church was built over a five month period and was followed by an additional 11 chapels throughout the sounds. While the couple were respected by both Māori and Pākehā alike, the success of the mission was short lived. In 1843 a brief but bloody battle between Māori and Pākehā, near the Wairau River at Tuamarina, resulted in the death of 28 people and created significant upheaval in the region. This was the first armed clash between Māori and the settler population after the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ the Treaty of Waitangi and was the first incident in what were to become known as the New Zealand Wars. Samuel Ironside was involved in the aftermath of the tragedy. He helped to bury the dead and attempted to re-establish calm. Fearing reprisals, large numbers of Māori, mostly from Ngāti Toa and coincidentally those that made up the congregation of the Ngakuta Bay mission, fled to the North Island. The mission never fully recovered from this abrupt mass exodus of its members. The Ironsides departed for Wellington and were replaced by William and Jane Jenkins. The Jenkins lived at the bay for six years and continued to preach throughout the wider Marlborough Sounds area but their congregation remained small. Following a significant earthquake in 1848 the couple relocated to Motueka and the mission was permanently abandoned. By the late Nineteenth Century the bay was farmed as part of the large station, Starmount Run by Jerome Nugent Flood. The Flood family built their homestead on the site of Ebenezer Church. Jerome Flood died in 1887 and is buried in the bay. The family continued to farm in the area until the First World War. In 1950 landowners in the bay donated land to the church to erect a memorial to Samuel and Sarah Ironside and the mission station. In 1960, on the site of the mission house and Ebenezer Church a memorial cairn was unveiled in front of 300 people.12

• Hakana Bay

The origin of this bay’s name is uncertain. It may refer to the dance or performance, the haka. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the bay’s name comes from the Moriori word for a wooden drinking vessel or coffin. The Moriori language is now extinct. It developed on Rēkohu/Chatham Islands and has a close relationship to the Māori language. Archaeological surveys of the bay undertaken in the 1970s uncovered evidence of early Māori occupation in the form of pits and a greenstone/pounamu pendant. Since the arrival of Europeans, the bay has always been referred to in two halves, Swampy and Dry Hakana. In 1909 Arthur Flood built a houseand a boat building facility in Swampy Hakana. There was a school in the bay between 1913 and 1916. In 1963 a submarine electricity cable was laid between the south and north islands. The southern terminal for the cable was located at Fighting Bay, a cove over the hill from Hakana Bay, on the outer edge of Port Underwood. The access road to the Fighting Bay was built from Hakana Bay and the construction camp for the New Zealand Electricity Department was located in the bay. The construction of the submarine cable meant that access to Port Underwood needed to be improved. In the early 1960s a road was constructed along a bridal track from Rarangi to meet with the existing road at Hakahaka Bay. - CG

Probably named after Haeana / Ironside, see Strait of Adventure

• Kanae Bay

The place was named after a Maori resident.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010. NZG The bay on the other side of the Knobbies, between Tumbledown Bay and Hakana Bay is known as Kanae Bay. It is said to be named after Te Kanae, a Ngāti Toa rangitira or chief who had his kainga or village in this area in the 1840s. Te Kanae was one of the signatories to the Herald (Bunbury) sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi on 17 June 1840, on board HMS Herald when it was anchored in Port Underwood. Local pronunciation of the bay is commonly given as ‘Gunnais’. It has been suggested this stems from Te Kanae’s nick-name of ‘Gun-eye’. Kanae is also the Māori name for the grey mullet (mugil cephalus) a fish found throughout the world with New Zealand as its southern limit. Traditionally these fish were considered a nutritious source of food for Māori. - CG Tumbledown Bay

• The Knobbys

The rocky reef to the north of the bay is known as the Knobbies. It was once a nesting place for white-fronted terns. - CG Tumbledown Bay

• Tumbledown Bay

This bay receives its name from its steep terrain that is subject to slips. Atone point it was part of the large property, Starmount, later owned by Frank Daken who constructed a woolshed and sheep-yards in the bay. - CG

• Jerdan's Bay

This bay was named for the whaler Sam Jerden, Jerdan or Jurden. A school operated in the bay.

• Whataroa Bay

The name of this bay possibly refers to a large elevated storage platform for food, a whata. The bay has a long history of human settlement. The iwi (tribe) Ngāti Toa Rangatira, had a pā in the bay during the Nineteenth Century and the New Zealand Company chief surveyor, William Mein Smith, described whare or dwellings in the bay in 1842.2 In addition, an archaeological survey undertaken in the 1970s noted remains of occupation at the south end of bay. In 1870 the sailing ship, Hera Bight, was in Port Underwood to load wool for export to England when it caught fire. The ship was towed in to Whataroa Bay and scuttled. The ship was re-floated to salvage the wool and the hull towed to Nelson to act as a storage hulk. - CG

• Kaikoura Bay & Kaikoura Point

The name of this bay may be a recognition of the Ngāi Tahu rangatira or chief, Kaikoura Whakatau, who was influential in the area during the 1830s. There is evidence on the headland, Kaikoura Point, of early Māori occupation in the form of pits. - CG

• Pipi Bay

True to its name, the bay is a good spot to haul pipis off the beach. - CG

• Whangatoetoe Bay

This bay is named after the native grass, toetoe, Cortaderia spp. The grass has long leaves with a fine edge and saw-like teeth. Its flowers are white, feathery, arching plumes. Toetoe grows on sand dunes and cliff faces, along streams and swamp edges. The stems of the toetoe were used by Māori for tukutuku panels, sections of wall panel containing ornamental lattice-work. Tuktuku panels are used between carvings around the walls of meeting houses. The grass was also used as roof thatch on whare or buildings. The bay is also referred to as Bell Cove on nautical charts. The bay was home to well-known Port Underwood residents Jerome Flood and May Ann Register (née Sherwood). The couple married in 1848. That same year saw the schooner, Bee, land the south island’s first merino sheep in the bay. The sheep were imported from Australia for cousins Charles Clifford and Frederick Weld. These sheep became the foundation of the Marlborough flock which grew to number more than one million. In 1871 the timber ketch Angelina broke apart in the bay under command of Captain Payne. - CG

• Cutter's Bay

It is not certain how this bay got its name but it has been suggested the bay is named for a Captain Cutter or from the fact it was a place where whales were cut up. The flat land in this bay contains significant archaeological remains and has been registered as a historic reserve. In the 1970s archaeologists discovered evidence of prehistoric middens or rubbish heaps, indicating early occupation by Māori. In addition, evidence was found of a nineteenth century whaling station and associated settlement. Remains indicate the settlement had at least five dwellings, possibly more and had a boiling down floor where whale oil was removed from blubber. In 1839 Captain Daniel Dougherty and his Irish-American wife, Sarah née McAuley settled in the bay to run the whaling station and a grog shop. In 1848 the schooner, Bee, landed the south island’s first merino sheep in the adjacent bay, Whangatoetoe. The sheep, which were to become the foundation of the Marlborough flock, had been imported from Australia for cousins Charles Clifford and Frederick Weld. With the assistance of Daniel Dougherty, the sheep were yarded in Cutters Bay with barrels of whale oil acting as make-shift pens. Later the sheep were punted across to Rarangi and walked to Flaxbourne Station in Marlborough. In the 1940s the remains of the sailing vessels, Holmwood and Alameda were brought to the bay from Wellington after they were no longer needed as coal hulks. They were given to local farmers for salvage purposes and afterwards scuttled and burnt at the low water mark. Evidence of the hulks remain. - CG

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Petone Baptist Church Te Hāhi Iriiri o Pito-one

Petone Baptist Church Te Hāhi Iriiri o Pito-one
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Abbreviation	PBC
Classification	Baptist
Polity	Congregationalist
Senior Pastor	Andrew Baldwin
Youth Pastor	Zach Bartley
Children's Pastor	Currently Vacant
Associations	Baptist Union New Zealand
Region	Pito-one, Te Awakairangi ki Tai, Aotearoa
Members	300~? *Check the Official Members List*
Official website	https://petonebaptist.org.nz

• History

The beginnings of Baptist witness in the Petone district date from 21st August, 1900, when the first Baptist prayer meeting was held. One year later, it was found that sufficient support was forthcoming to institute regular meetings for prayer in the homes of local residents, the majority being in the home of Mr. W. H. Cook, in Nelson Street. The first public service was held in the Temperance Hall, Sydney Street, on May 11th, 1902. At first services were held only in the morning; but on September 14th of the same year, an evening service was started. Up to this time, the nearest Baptist service had been at the Vivian Street Church in Wellington, and several Hutt Valley Baptists used to walk into the city (there being no suitable transport available) in order to attend public worship in a church of their own denomination. A Sunday School was started in October of that year, with Mr. D. W. Alexander as Superintendent, an office which he held for an unbroken period of 12 years. Owing to the sale of the Temperance Hall, the services were transferred to a room in the State School on 16th November, 1902. The next step forward was on 1st of February, when Mr. John Mackenzie was appointed by the Central Auxiliary of the Baptist Union to the oversight of the work for a period of three months, later extended to a year, by the church. The church was formally constituted at a meeting held in the school, on 7th April, 1903. The Rev. W. Lamb (Brooklyn) conducted the service, Rev. W. L. Slater (Berhampore) delivered the address, and at the Communion Service which followed, Rev. C. Dallaston (Vivian Street) welcomed the following foundation members: Miss F. Flanagan, Miss E. A. Stanton, Miss B. Edmeades, Mrs. P. Godber, Mrs. J. W. Reade, Mrs. D. W. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lewthwaite; Messrs. R. and R. W. Edmeades, Burn, G. Alexander and J. Mackenzie. At the first business meeting of the church, Mr. R. Edmeades was elected secretary-treasurer, and Messrs. Burn and D. W. Alexander were appointed deacons. Meanwhile, the need of a more suitable place of worship was keenly felt, and arrangements were made to erect the present building in Buick Street, on a section donated by Mr. L. Gear. The foundation stone was laid on 2nd May, 1903, by Mr. A. Hoby. The building was first used for public worship on 2nd August of the same year, when the services were conducted by Rev. W. Lamb in the morning, Mr. J. Mackenzie in the afternoon, and Rev. C. Dallaston in the evening. After a year's faithful service, during which the infant church had progressed considerably, Mr. Mackenzie resigned the pastorate, and Rev. Stanley Jenkin began his ministry early in 1904. During the year, the property at the back of the church facing Bolton Street, on which the manse now stands, was acquired. Towards the close of 1905, Rev. S. Jenkin accepted a call to the Nelson Church, and Rev. James Spottiswood took over the pastorate. In 1908, Rev. T. A. Williams succeeded him. Up till this time, all meetings were held in the church building, and the need of further accommodation for the growing work became more apparent. In the same year, it was decided to build a separate room to house the infant Sunday School, and the building still used for the same purpose was erected. Mr. Williams resigned the charge in 1911, to be succeeded, temporarily, by Rev. G. Wainwright, and later by Rev. P. J. Wainwright. During the ministry of the latter, the expansion of the work among the young people made the accommodation problem again serious, and additions were made to the Infant Classroom in 1912. In 1914, Rev. M. W. P. Lascelles became minister of the church for a period of 18 months, to be followed, in 1915, by Rev. Eric Evans, who continued his ministry till 1918, when he resigned in order to serve as a Chaplain to the Forces. The pastorate remained vacant for nearly a year, until, in 1919, Rev. F. A. Parry took charge. During the year, a house in Cuba Street was acquired as a manse. Mr. Parry was succeeded in 1921 by Rev. F. H. Radford, who continued as minister till 1925, when he was forced to resign on account of ill-health. Rev. H. E. Edridge became minister in 1926, and continued till 1928. In 1926, the manse in Cuba Street was disposed of, and a new building was erected on the section in Bolton Street, at the rear of the church. Meanwhile, accommodation for the young people's work had again become a problem, and the present Sunday School Hall was added to the church in 1927. The period of Mr. Edridge's ministry also saw the beginnings of Baptist work in Lower Hutt where, in 1928, a branch Sunday School was formed, meeting in the Waiwhetu School, under the leadership of Mr. H. Pargetter. The formation of a church at Lower Hutt followed shortly afterwards, which resulted in the Petone membership being severely depleted by the transfer of its members residing in the Lower Hutt area to the new church. After the departure of Rev. H. E. Edridge, the pastorate was filled, temporarily, by Rev. T. Keith Ewen, until the arrival of Rev. J. T. Crozier, at the close of 1929. During the ministry of Mr. Crozier a further addition was made to the church buildings, when a further Bible Class-room was erected. After Mr. Crozier's departure, in 1933, the church remained without a minister for a year—till the close of 1934—when Rev. N. R. Wood took charge of the work, to be succeeded, in 1936, by Rev. D. C. McKee, the present minister of the church.

• List of Pastors

Pastor John MacKenzie (1903)
Rev Stanley Jenkin (1904-1905)
Rev James Spottiswoode (1905-1907)
Rev T. A. Williams (1908-1911)
Rev George Wainwright (1911)
Rev P. J. Wainwright (1912-1914), nephew of George Wainwright.
Pastor M. W. P. Lascelles (1914-1915)
Rev Eric Evans (1916-1918), resigned to go serve as a Chaplain to the Forces
Rev F. A. Parry (1919-1921), left to go to India as a missionary.
Rev F. H. Radford (1921-1925), resigned due to poor health.
Rev H. E. Edridge (1926-1928)
Rev T. Keith Ewen (1928-1928
Rev J. T. Crozier (1929-1933), left to minister at Oamaru Baptist Church.
Rev N. R. Wood (1934-1936)
Rev D. C. McKee (1926-1940)
Rev E. P. Y. Simpson (1941-1943)
Rev D. R. Edwards (1944-1947), left to go to China as a missionary.
Rev E. N. Goring (1947-1951) Rev H. G. Goring (1951-1955), brother of E. N. Goring.
Rev R. A. Hill (1955-1960)
Rev Dr Allan J. Taylor (1961-1965)
Rev Donald A. K. Dickson (1966-1970)
Rev Dr Ivan P. Howie (1971-1975)
Pastor Bill Gray (1980-1984)
Rev Roydon Agent (1989-1991)
Rev Peter H. Evans (1992-2002), grandson of Rev Eric Evans.
Rev Steve Worsley (2005-2015)
Pastor Glen Molloy (2015-2022)
Pastor Andrew Baldwin (2022-Present)

• List of Youth Pastors

Andy Bank (200X-2019)
Zach Bartley (2019-Present)

• List of Children's Pastors

Karen Molloy (2015-2022)

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Crest & Logo

Victoria University has had a number of crests since its inception in 1897.

Its initial logo ...

Its current logo incorporates 1) niho taniwha, the teeth of a taniwha, a Māori pattern representing unity & collective strength, 2) a depiction of water representing Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Harbour & its proximity to Victoria University. 3) 1897, the year the university was established, 4) the shield shaped outline surrounding these elements, a carryover from previous logos. The shield formerly held a coat of arms. 5) The text "Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka", the universities dual names in English and Te Reo Māori.

Victoria University also has a ceremonial crest, incorporating the shield, niho tanhiwha, and water of the logo, along with depictions of a lion and a manaia. The lion represents the Duke of Wellington,