Waikawa Exhibition

Wairoa Museum is exhibiting Waikawa Island's rich history on the East Coast of the North Island

Portland Island/Waikawa is a small island opposite Mahia Peninsula

Today the island is used for farming

The lighthouse which used to be on Portland Island is now in Wairoa

The tiny island made it on to the map of New Zealand's lighthouses

The island housed a whaling station in the area in the late 1800s

A carving from a whale bone when the island was home to a whaling station

Waikawa's coastline

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