MANGONUI ON THE EAST COAST IN THE FAR NORTH OF AOTEAROA.

“The first European to visit Doubtless Bay was the Frenchman Jean de Surville on the St Jean Baptiste in 1769. Within the same week an Englishman, James Cook, sailed past the entrance to the bay. A chance remark ‘doubtless a bay’ by one of his crewman resulted in the name Doubtless Bay.”

Mangonui

“By the mid 1800s Mangonui had become a bustling centre for whalers and traders. The sawmilling, flax and gum industries were flourishing.”

Mangonui

“In 1881 the first regular passenger steamship service began between Mangonui and Auckland. It lasted until 1931 when new roads became the main transport link. With the development of roading throughout the north the centre of population moved away from Mangonui, leaving the village a much quieter place.”

Mangonui

Mangonui

Mangonui on a beautiful day