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Waimārama and Bare Island (Motu-o-Kura)

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Waimārama and Bare Island (Motu-o-Kura)

In the 2000s Waimārama was a combination of farmed land, permanent dwellings and baches (holiday homes). Bare Island has not changed much since James Cook described it as ‘a pretty high white island lying close to the shore’ in 1769, though it is now devoid of the buildings that were present when he sailed past (http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17691016.html).

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Southern coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24217/waimarama-and-bare-island-motu-o-kura (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.