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Kōrero: Castaways

Finger post, Auckland Islands

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Finger post, Auckland Islands

Finger posts, such as this one on Enderby Island, were erected by the New Zealand government to point castaways towards provision depots.

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Ken Scadden, Castaways – Wrecked on a subantarctic island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7568/finger-post-auckland-islands (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ken Scadden, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.