Stewart Island Place Names ……
Sealers Bay
Koropupu ….. “To Boil or Bubble up”
Sealers Bay …… This beautiful bay became the home for up to 50 “gone ashore” sealers and their Maori wives around 1825, with 33 people recorded by Bishop Selwyn living there in 1845, but deserted by 1850
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Sails Ashore, Kowhai Lane & Sails Tours
11 View Street, Stewart Island, 9846 NEW ZEALAND
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