Arapawa Island to Port Underwood
Arapawa Island and Port Underwood belonged to the same wider maritime world as the Kāpiti and Mana stations. Boats, provisions, workers and shipping moved among coastal settlements, but each whaling area had its own operators, chronology and production records. Treating the entire strait as one station would erase important local differences.
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Arapawa Island to Port Underwood
Arapawa Island to Port Underwood
Arapawa Island to Port Underwood
Across Cook Strait
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The historical vessel entries, including Wallaby and Fortitude, offer routes into this interregional history. The Kāpiti–Mana figures of 1839—six establishments, 23 boats and 466 tuns of black oil—describe that particular group, not the output of Port Underwood. Prickett (2002), pp.83–97, provides the regional archaeological framework.
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