The bay was occasionally referred to as Jenkinson's Bay in the 1840s. This refers to the nephew or nephew's family, of Captain Jeremaih Nagle, who made a chart of the western Great Barrier Island.

 

Missing Friends, Messages Etc.

If Captain Jeremiah Nagle will send his address to Mr. Henry Jenkinson, Reedy Lake Station, Lower Loddon, he will hear of his nephew.

Source: The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Friday, 2nd Nov, 1860. P1.

Note: Lower Loddon is in Australia.-DJA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A chart produced by Captain Jeremiah Nagle in 1846 which he got printed in Sydney. It shows various places named after members of his family and people he knew. The original chart is in the Hocken Library in Dunedin.

This is a small part of it.

You will notice Kairaara Bay is also named Jenkinson's Bay.
Click on the image to increase its size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brig Tryphena in Kaiarara Bay January 14^th 1843

Captain Nagle forwards news of the copper mine and shipping movements in early 1843.  

New Zealand Extracts

Great Barrier

(From the Auckland Times)

Captain Nagle and his friends have furnished us with information respecting progress of the Copper Mines at the Barrier and we are happy to say that their advance far exceeds the most sanguine expectations. Large blocks of ore are daily obtained, of a quality unparalleled in the richest mines in Cornwall. The harbour itself affords conveniences and advantages to the shipping interest which hitherto have not been sufficiently known, but which are now beginning to be appreciated, as shown by the following list of vessels which have entered Port Abercrombie, Great Barrier Island, from the 1^st January to the 1^st of March, in the present year.

Jan 2, schooner Three Bees, and cutter belonging to HMS Tortoise, Jan 6, brig Tryphena, from Sydney, with a cargo of cattle and sheep; Jan 14, brig Tryphena from Port Jenkinson [present day is known by its Maori name of Kaiarara Bay, Jenkinson is a family connected to Captain Nagle - dja]; Jan 20 yacht Albatross, and schooner Hannah; Jan 23 schooner Rory O’More and Chapman.

Feb 1 Tryphena from Auckland and Coromandel Harbour; Feb 3 brig Luna from the Bay of Islands; Feb 1 Rory O’More from Auckland; Feb 12 schooner Maria, Feb 23 HMS Tortoise launch, Feb 22 schooner Chapman from Bay of Islands, Feb 20 schooner Otea from Miner’s Bay with copper ore, Feb 24 Rory O’More from Coromandel.

March 2 Maria from Bay of Islands, March 5 Otea from Miner’s Bay with copper ore, March 9 HM Col. brig Victoria from Auckland, March 10 Rory O’More from Bay of Islands, March 13 Rory O’More with copper, March 16 Chapman from Tauranga, March 19 Tortoise launch and Rory O’More from Miner’s Bay with copper ore.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 9^th May 1843 p4