There is archaeological evidence of ancient occupation at the northern end of this bay in the form of two large rectangular pits located on a north-west-facing spur. In the small gully at the centre of the bay there is also evidence of broken oven stones, midden material, and chips of pakohe (argillite).1
1. I. W. Keys, “The Cultural Succession and Ethnographic Features of D'Urville Island”, The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 69 (1960), accessed April 24, 2018, http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=3081 .
