Whanganui Island

The island, which is privately owned, is 2.83 square kilometres (1.09 sq mi) in area.

The ancient pā of Horokino (Herekino) situated at Arapaoa Bay (Homestead Bay) was captured by the Tainui from the original inhabitants, the Ngāti Huarere, and was one of several dotted around the perimeter of the Coromandel Harbour, then known as the Waiau.

The historian A. V. Piesse made a study of the names and seems to have arrived at a suitable summary.

There was a good deal of shipbuilding activity in Timber (Woolshed) Bay[7] and this was of primary interest to Campbell so it was possible that he stayed there.

.The new owners abandoned their land and eventually the Crown bought all but two of the sections and helped the Settlers establish themselves in the mainland settlement of Kapanga (the new Coromandel Town ) Woolshed Bay on the protected southern shore is a popular overnight mooring spot for cruising from Auckland.

Horokino (Herekino) Pā situated at Arapaoa or Aropawa Bay (Homestead Bay) Whanganui Island
Arapaoa Bay Coromandel Harbour NZ, A sketch (1848?) by J J Merrett
Arapaoa Bay from the house looking out onto the Coromandel Harbour. William Webster's base and John Logan Campbell's home for a period
Sale of Sections at the new town of Coromandel on Whanganui Island beginning 7 August 1862
Name Coromandel Town written on Plan on Whanganui Island Aotearoa Original Plan including Kapanga
. The land in this photo approximately corresponds to the land in the town plan. Woolshed Bay is the next Bay past the anchored yachts before ridge covered with trees.