JM Barker (Hapupu) National Historic Reserve

This didnt need to happen

This is a sad story, this was once the selling point for the local earliest peoples of the chathams - the Moriori. the forest was fenced from stock with the forest able to thicken up again and protect...

A fascinating slice of Moriori history

This reserve houses a number of trees where the Moriori etched unusual face and figures on the bark of trees. Not all are available to be seen and sadly as the years pass and the trees grow older they...

Booking required ...

... unless you are a local or visit with a concessionaire (which we did as part of a small group tour). A pleasant walk through bush where there are a couple of dendroglyphs. Aparrently there were a l...

essential visit

good facilities at this historical reserve. It is very well worth visiting here as these fragile trees could soon disappear. Hopefully they can be preserved but that may not be in their natural enviro...

Is now closed without a guide, carvings fading

This must have been an incredible place in the past, but it's recently been closed unless you're with a guide, and the Moriori carvings are fading fast.