By the early 1800s Kororāreka was quite literally on the map. Word had spread about what Captain Cook had declared a “most noble anchorage” with its good, deep-water harbour. Foreign ships started arriving in numbers, especially British and American whalers stopping in for supplies, repairs and time ashore. Whaling became a major industry, and continued so for the next hundred years. Around the town, there are a number of artefacts dating from the town’s whaling history especially at the museum. … Continue reading A Hell Hole