Reasons to visit the First place in the world to greet the new dawn Home of unique Chatham Islands birds and plants Visit significant sites of history and heritage Learn about the ancient Moriori covenant of peace Go fishing and hunting Enjoy rugged and awe inspiring landscapes Meet the people of the Chatham Islands Top 20 “Must See” Attractions Admiral Gardens & Pitt Island Kahukura Studio Point Munning Seal Colony Awatotara Bush Coastal Walking Track Port Hutt Basalt Columns Stone Cottage Chatham Cottage Crafts Sunderland Flying Boat Chatham Island Food Co. Taiko Camp and Gap Sanctuary Chatham Islands Museum Tommy Solomon Eva-Cherie Artz & Memorial Statue Studio 44°s Waitangi West Fishing Charters Wharekauri Station and Kaingaroa Splatter Rock chathamislands.co.nz Kopinga Marae DOC Walks Splatter/Taniwha Rock Skirmish Bay Stay " Wharekauri The Landing Ponga Whare Sunderland Flying Boat Maunganui Stone Cottage Ocean Mail Scenic Reserve Waitangi West " Point Munning " N KAIWHATA RD Conservation Covenant O Kaingaroa PORT R Seal Colony HU T Nikau Bush Port TT RD H R Conservation Area Te Whakaru Graveyard Hutt D " German Missionaries Settlement Basalt Columns Go Wild Nursery Thomas Currell J M Barker (Hapupu) Port Hutt Bay Stays Admiral Garden & Kahukura Studio AIRBASE RD National Historic Reserve Henga Lodge Te Whanga Henga Scenic Reserve Lagoon Chatham Island (R kohu / Wh arekauri) Tikitiki Hill Conservation Area " Chatham Island Charters Te One Pitt Island is Lake Pitt Island Guided Access Only " Huro " Te Matarae Kopinga Marae (Rangihaute/Rangiauria) Awarakau Lodge Waitangi (See enlargment, Flowerpot Bay Lodge page 3) Catholic Church D OW Chatham Island Foods R ENG Our Lady of the Antipodes U A R TUK D Studio 44˚s Awatotara Bush Eva Cherie Artz Ellen Elizabeth Preece Coastal Track Flowerpot Conservation Covenant Owenga Charters Mars " Container Cottage (Onoua) (Caravan Bush) Tuku Nature Reserve Thomas Mohi Tuuta Lookout Mt Hakepa (Rangaika) Scenic Mangere Taiko Camp and Island Millenium Memorial Gap Sanctuary Reserve " Owenga Waipaua Airstrip Scenic Reserve " Waipaua As indicated on the map, Tommy Solomon Statue much of the land and Glory Bay Private Land Rangiauria Glory Cottage beaches on the Islands Scenic Reserve are in private ownership. Public Conservation Land It is important to gain Conservation Covenant Land permission before entering. Rangatira Nature Reserve - Access by permit only chathamislands.co.nzCannister Cove Scenic Reserve (South East Island) Road h Nort Waitangi township map enlargement d North Roa Tikitiki Hill Waitangi d Bay a o oad R enga R i w k O Ti f r Tiki ha W i ng a it a W 1 orth Road N vw Kahunene 2 Waitangi 3 Your Chatham Islands holiday will be a journey of discovery. Prepare 5 4 6 7 to be surprised as these mysterious islands yield up their secrets. 8 9 gape Creek Road Man ad Landscapes with volcanic peaks thrusting up out of rolling peatland, Tuku Hi 16 aitangi o W g 10 h rf Owenga Road e tal R towering sea cliffs, the vast expanse of Te Whanga, endless kilometres of i 15 t 17 P Waitangi Wha la osp 11 H sandy beaches and the ever-present ocean. ce 14 12 H o Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, about 800km east of Christchurch, spit a 13 l Road the Chatham Islands are New Zealand’s most easterly region. An Maipit archipelago of 11 islands, only Pitt and Chatham are inhabited, by about o Road 600 people. Meet the Chatham Islanders: people who remain trueWaitangi Tukuto Road 18 W reek aitangi W themselves while extending warm hospitality to visitors. Visit heritage C pe d a Kapito Roa h sites and learn of our fascinating history shaped by years of isolation: arf Owenga Roa Chatham ang M Moriori, Maori, sealers, whalers, missionaries, farmers and other settlers. Islands Golf Club The rich diversity of plant and bird life make the Islands important to d conservation nationally and internationally. The Islands support 20% of 1 Commercial Fishing Area, Fish Factory 2 Hotel Chathams 3 Bank, Cafe New Zealand’s threatened bird species, many of which are on world 4 Forgetmenot Suites 5 Police Station 6 Chatham Islands Museum lists, and 11% of its threatened plants. Although some are protected on 7 Travellers Rest 8 General Store, Hardware 9 Bayview 10 Hospital 11 Catholic Church 12 Liquor Store 13 Black Robin Homestay 14 Fuel, Grocery Store island sanctuaries, you can readily find others in bush, on roadsides and 15 Chatham Cottage Gifts, Fire Station, Works Depot 16 Chatham Islands Rentals beaches. View the critically endangered Chatham Island Magenta petrel 17 Norman Kirk Memorial, The Den, Racecourse, Netball Courts 18 Cemetery or taiko, as well as the mollymawk (albatross), royal albatross, parea (pigeon), Chatham and Pitt Island shags, tui, red-crowned parakeet, W d aita warbler and oystercatcher. Walk through our forests, expansive wetlands n u Roa k gi W and conservation areas and see for yourself the beautiful endemic h arf Owenga plants - the Chatham Islands forget-me-not, aster, akeake, koromiko and Waitangi Tu rautini or Christmas Tree. Contents Road This eastern-most outpost of Zealandia also reveals some of the oldest ua Creek rock formations dating back to Gondwana. Por History 4 k Venture to Pitt Island, even more remote and surprisingly different from Further Information 5 Chatham Island. Walk up Mt Hakepa to the first inhabited place in the world to welcome the new Attractions 8 day. Enjoy a day fishing for Artists 16 famous Chatham Islands blue cod and hapuka. Pitt Island 18 Then relax and absorb the peace and tranquillity of Transport 20 the Chatham Islands. Discover the Chatham Accommodation 22 Islands – history, heritage and nature. Holidays don’t Tour Operators 27 get much better than this. Retail & Services 30 2 Splatter or Taniwha Rock — pillow lava formation Chatham Island Petrel 3 History Further Information A brief history of the Chatham Islands For further reading on the Chatham Islands we recommend the The Chatham Islands were settled over 800 years ago by the Polynesian following books: ancestors of the Moriori people. They were the last of the major Pacific • Discover and Explore the Chatham Islands – Islands to be settled. First to see the sun. Moriori made a conscious decision to set aside warfare and killing and Edition 3, published by Deerubbin Press, 2017. to live in peace. This is known today as Nunuku’s Law named after the Cherry Lawrie and Jocelyn Powell. ISBN 9780987174246. spiritual leader, Nunuku Whenua who laid down the covenant of peace over 600 years ago. That covenant remains unbroken by Moriori to this A comprehensive guide for visitors to the Chatham Islands. day – a world record for peace keeping! They named their island home To make it easy to explore the Islands and to find the Rēkohu, meaning ‘misty skies’, after the mist that sometimes clings to the places that can be visited, Chatham Island has been land. divided into six sections with easy-to-read maps. Pitt Island is covered by a single section and map. Introductory chapters provide a brief Europeans arrived in 1791 and found the Islands already inhabited by description of the Islands, life on the islands today, and social history. Moriori. Nevertheless, Lieutenant Broughton “claimed” the Islands in the name of King George III, and renamed the main Island ‘Chatham’ after In each section the interesting sites to visit are described briefly and his ship HMS Chatham. European settlement dates from the early 1800’s some information is provided on local history, land use, natural history with sealers, then whalers and farmers. and the origins and meanings of placenames. Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga arrived in 1835 and made these islands Available for purchase at Chatham Islands Museum, Hotel Chathams their home. They named the main Island ‘Wharekauri’. and Chatham Cottage Gifts. Today the peoples of these three cultural groupings, with their unique • Chatham Islands Heritage and Conservation. identities and heritage, live together on this remote outpost; these people Canterbury University Press, 2008. are the Chatham Islanders. Edited by Colin Miskelly. ISBN 9781877257780. A comprehensive account of the Islands’ historic sites, geology, major habitats, marine life and mammals, flora, insects and birds (including those extinct) is documented in this book. Copies can be ordered from Hotel Chathams. Maunganui Stone Cottage Black Robin Chatham Island forget-me-not 4 Unique volcanic landscape across the north of Chatham Island 5 Chatham Islands Schools Medical and Safety There are two primary schools There is a Medical Centre with on Chatham, at Te One and a resident doctor and small General Visitor Kaingaroa, and one on Pitt Island. pharmacy. Ring the hospital if Most secondary students attend an ambulance is required. While boarding school in mainland New medical care on the Chatham Information Zealand. Islands is good, emergencies will be airlifted to mainland New Shops and Cafes Zealand. Be sure to bring your own Private Land Access Banking and Eftpos There are a number of options for medication with you, including extra and Signage Most shops and cafes accept credit shopping and dining - general in case of delayed travel. cards and EFTPOS, but carrying stores, fuel stations, hardware Most places of interest are Fishing and Hunting located on, or accessed over, cash is also advisable. Generally store, gift shop, art and craft shop, private land and permission to prices are higher than mainland galleries, lodge, hotel and cafe. You The Chatham Islands are renowned visit is required. On the Chatham New Zealand due to freight will find most of your requirements for their abundant seafood and Islands private land often extends costs. An ANZ Bank is located in here but be sure to bring any wild game.