This little island lies right in the Wellington Harbour and is only a 30 minute ferry ride from the waterfront. In recent years the island served as a human and animal quarantine station, an internment camp, and a military defense position. The buildings on the island that helped serve those purposes now lay bare and abandoned.
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| On the island looking towards Wellington's waterfront |
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| Graveyard from the days of quarantine |
The island was an animal quarantine station for around 100 years. Dogs, sheep, and other livestock stayed here until given the clean bill of health to enter Wellington.
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| Old animal quarantine building |
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| Probably for milking cows |
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| Cribs |
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| Aaron sits in a still furnished office |
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Empty examining room
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| Some sheep still remain looked after on the island |
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| The old lighthouse that was built in 1900 |
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| The gun emplacements were built in 1942, but
never had to be used in war |
In both World Wars, the island was a
camp for enemy alien internees.
The summit of the island has five concrete
structures that used to be heavy anti-aircraft
artillery positions.
