Fence Bay

Fence Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Mistletoe Bay.^[4] It was named for a fence that climbed a steep border between the farms of Vogel and Gullery in the middle of the 20th century.^[5]

Mistletoe Bay

Mistletoe Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Waterfall Bay and Fence Bay.^[6][7] Mistletoe is likely a reference to one of New Zealand's nine native mistletoes, the most likely culprits being Peraxilla tetrapetala (pirirangi/pikirangi),^[8] Peraxilla colensoi (pirita/pirinoa)^[9] and Alepis flavida (pirita/pirinoa),^[10] as they commonly grow in beech forests like the Nothofagus solandri (tawairauriki/tawhairauriki)^[11] forests historically found along Queen Charlotte Sound.^[12]

Waterfall Bay

Waterfall Bay is one of three bays that sit in the back of Ōnahau Bay, along with Mistletoe Bay and Fence Bay.^[13][14] The bay is home to at least one magnificent waterfall,^[15] from which it draws its name. The bay is home to pūrātoke glow-worms,^[16] bioluminescent plankton and stingrays.^[15]

Torapapa Point

Torapapa Point is located on the eastern tip of Ōnahau Bay.^[17] The point was labelled "Toropapa Point" on maps until sometime between 1949 and 1959.^[18]

Dartmoor Bay

Dartmoor Bay is located near the western tip of Ōnahau Bay, just north of Houhou Point.^[19]

Dartmoor Bay derives its name from a cottage built there named Dartmoor owned by Mr Herbert Yelverton Monro.^[20] Herbert owned the Bankhouse run and station in the fork of the Wairau and Waihopai rivers in Marlborough.^[21] The Monro family has no known connection to Dartmoor in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Postman's Rock

Postman's Rock^[22] is a large rock just west of Torapapa Point. The rock is named for when the Queen Charlotte Sound mail-boat was a rowboat and would deposit mail upon it for the sound's residents to row out and pick up. Alternatively known as Post Office Rock.^[23]