Cockle Cove: Marlborough Sounds Haven for four generations

by Lorna Manson

Cockle Cove in the Bay of Many Coves in the Marlborough Sounds, is accessible only by water. Lorna Manson's parents bought land there in 1925, when the area was being cleared for a dairy farm and when whaling still occurred in the outer Sounds. Ada and Ernest Cull wanted to preserve the bush and bay as the haven it was -- and is. .... Over the years a procession of friends, family and strangers have basked in the cove - a place where fishing and sitting on the jetty, thinking, can fill a whole day. In her warm and well illustrated account, Lorna writes of the incidents, politics, wildlife and boats she's experienced, and the people who - answering the call of the cove - have dropped anchor in this small slice of paradise.

235 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Elliot Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up while investigating the origins of Place Names within the Marlborough Sounds. Lorna seems to have been a fount of knowledge and passion for Miritū Bay / Bay of Many Coves, and I would love to have had the chance to talk to her about it. Her book serves as a small window into her memories there, and while I didn't find the answers I was looking for (namely Arthur's Bay's origins), her writing renewed my passion for the project, and provided a handful of new & interesting names for features within the bays.