Locality on the lowlying flat between Kawakaputapa Bay 9km from Colac Bay and 20 km west of Riverton. [Wise New Zealand Guide Wises Publications Limited, Auckland page 456]. Was a sawmilling district with a flag station on the Tuatapere line [The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 4 The Cyclopedia Company Limited, Christchurch page 944]
Wakapatu School The Wakapatu School opened in 1937 with fifteen on the roll, peaking at twenty in 1938 and closing with eight in 1952. [Pahi1820-1985, Reece, Andrena [Ed] Page 54]
Mantell's Rocks Named by George Wera after Walter Mantell