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 Whitehead’s Bay called after the first man who wrought in this bay.

Scrubby Bay, called so from the amount of short scrub growing on the beach.

Manuka Bay, called so from the great amount of manuka growing in the bay, and extending up the bay for over a mile. These are the small bays between Pigeon Bay point and McIntosh Bay.

McIntosh Bay, called after Mr. Alexander McIntosh, the first man to take up land and settle in the bay in 1846 or 1847. It is now called Menzies Bay, after the present owner.

Squally Bay, a small bight between McIntosh Bay and Decanter Bay, called so as it is always rough.

Decanter Bay, called so from the rocks on the east side of the entrance which so resemble two decanters. T. S. Duncan was the first settler.

Little Akaroa, now called Little Akaloa. This bay was called after Akaroa, it being about north of Akaroa, and not very far from it.

Big Rapu and Little Rapu. These two bays have the same entrance, but are divided by a sharp spur at the head. They were called from a bunch of rapu that grew at the mouth of the stream in Big Rapu.