Sunrise over the bay

Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Blueskin Bay glows at low tide and sunrise recently. The tidal lagoon is known in Māori as Waiputai. The name Blueskin is after Kahuti, a resident Māori personality of the area, whom Pākehā settlers nicknamed "Blueskin" for the large amount of traditional Māori tattooing on his body.

 

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