Henga Reserve is located on the Chatham Island's west coast. Head north from Waitangi township and take the North Road. You will see an area to pull off the road and signage over the fence and across farmland to get to the reserve.
In pre-European times the dunes were covered in a mosaic of herb fields, mingimingi shrublands, and mixed akeake forest, which are now recovering. The inland dunes were almost entirely covered in coastal forest made up of kōpī, matipo, mahoe and akeake.
The Moriori occupied this area – living inland where the forest gave shelter, and using the ocean as a food source.
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