Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
History
The Waitutu - on the south coast between Fiordland and Tuatapere - was first visited by
early Maori in their search for food, and then later by Captain Cook. In 1770, while
anchored off the mouth of the Waiau River, Cook wrote in his log: 'The face of the country
bears a very rugged aspect being full of high craggy hills.' This was the first recorded de-
