Took the little ferry from Pahai (where we are staying in the Bay of Islands) to Russell. Known before as Kororareka, this was a station for shipping and gained the reputation as "hell hole of the Pacific" due to a lack of law and order. This PG site will not allow me to go into further details...

This is a Morton Bay fig tree planted in 1870 also the year Manganese was found and mining began in Russell.

American Writer and Sportsman Zane Grey made this area a popular fishing and tourism site.