Stewart Island Place Names ……
Halfmoon Bay
Kairaku ….. “A Party of Warriors” the point now known as Ackers Point
Takiraku ….. “A Crying, or perhaps singing Trees” where the village of Oban now stands. “Singing or crying refers to the sound of wind in the branches
Williams Bay …… After a European settler in the bay (possible lived on the north side of the bay where Braggs Bay is now) and recorded by Rev Wholers in November 1846
Horseshoe Bay …… A descriptive name
Halfmoon bay ….. Misnamed by the HMS Acheron survey cartographer … see Horseshoe Bay
It should be noted the the township is named Oban, NOT Halfmoon Bay
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