Codfish Island / Whenua Hou

The Māori name "{{Lang|Mi|Whenua Hou|italic=no}}" means "new land", which dates back to the early days of European settlement in New Zealand.[http://kohanga.wordpress.com/ Te Kohanga Ote Whenua Hou, pers comm] Responding to concerns and allegations that local Māori women were being harassed by [[Seal hunting#Pacific|sealers]] on nearby [[Stewart Island]], the local [[Ngāi Tahu]] [[rangatira]], [[Honekai]], designated Whenua Hou as the site of a new mixed race settlement where early Europeans could live with their Māori wives under his protection.{{cite web |title=NZGB Gazetteer: Codfish Island / Whenua Hou |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/54437 |website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |access-date=14 August 2021}} This encouraged sealers, such as [[Thomas Chaseland]] to move to Whenua Hou, alleviating the issues which their presence had caused on nearby Stewart Island and making Whenua Hou one of the first permanent mixed Māori and European settlements in the region.{{cite web |title=Kā Huru Manu: Whenua Hou |url=https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas?find=%7B29b8af31-97e1-e311-973a-0050569755f4%7D |website=Kā Huru Manu: The Ngāi Tahu Atlas |publisher=Ngāi Tahu |access-date=14 August 2021}}

The Māori name "{{Lang|Mi|Whenua Hou|italic=no}}" means "new land", which dates back to the early days of European settlement in New Zealand.[http://kohanga.wordpress.com/ Te Kohanga Ote Whenua Hou, pers comm] Responding to concerns and allegations that local Māori women were being harassed by [[Seal hunting#Pacific|sealers]] on nearby [[Stewart Island]], the local [[Ngāi Tahu]] [[rangatira]], [[Honekai]], designated Whenua Hou as the site of a new mixed race settlement where early Europeans could live with their Māori wives under his protection.{{cite web |title=NZGB Gazetteer: Codfish Island / Whenua Hou |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/54437 |website=gazetteer.linz.govt.nz |access-date=14 August 2021}} This encouraged sealers, such as [[Thomas Chaseland]] to move to Whenua Hou, alleviating the issues which their presence had caused on nearby Stewart Island and making Whenua Hou one of the first permanent mixed Māori and European settlements in the region.{{cite web |title=Kā Huru Manu: Whenua Hou |url=https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas?find=%7B29b8af31-97e1-e311-973a-0050569755f4%7D |website=Kā Huru Manu: The Ngāi Tahu Atlas |publisher=Ngāi Tahu |access-date=14 August 2021}}

In 2007 the Department of Conservation sought to create a management plan for the island.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Ian |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5943 |title=Codfish Island/Whenua Hou Archaeological Project: Preliminary Report |last2=Anderson |first2=Atholl |year=2007 |series=Otago Archaeological Laboratory Report: Number 4}} As part of this an investigation into the history and archaeology of the island was undertaken by Angela Middleton, Ian Smith and [[Atholl Anderson]].{{Cite book |last=Middleton |first=A. |title=Two hundred years on Codfish Island (Whenuahou) : from cultural encounter to nature conservation. |publisher=Department of Conservation, Southland Conservancy |year=2007 |isbn=9780478142204 |location=Invercargill |oclc=174094551}}

In 2007 the Department of Conservation sought to create a plan to conserve the island's cultural and historic sites.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Ian |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5943 |title=Codfish Island/Whenua Hou Archaeological Project: Preliminary Report |last2=Anderson |first2=Atholl |year=2007 |series=Otago Archaeological Laboratory Report: Number 4}} An investigation into the history and archaeology of the island was undertaken by Angela Middleton, Ian Smith and [[Atholl Anderson]].{{Cite book |last=Middleton |first=A. |title=Two hundred years on Codfish Island (Whenuahou) : from cultural encounter to nature conservation. |publisher=Department of Conservation, Southland Conservancy |year=2007 |isbn=9780478142204 |location=Invercargill |oclc=174094551}}> Field investigations were carried out over two weeks and included a survey of possible sites of human activity as well as detailed investigations and excavation in Sealers Bay, the only site of human occupation. Evidence of pre-European Māori settlement in the form of stone artefacts and middens containing fish, bird and mammal bones. Historic artefacts such as clay pipes, ceramics and glass bottles and house sites were also found.>

==Wildlife==

==Wildlife==