HAPUATUNA
Hapuatuna block is on the south side of Paterson Inlet between North Big Glory and Abrahams Bay blocks.
The hut was funded and built by members of Southland Branch NZ Deerstalkers Assn in February 2001. the builders Dave Howden,Ray Phillips,John DeLury, Nathan Dawson, David Brown and Doug Hamilton.
Having a dinghy is a distinct advantage.
Access. The boulder beach can make landing and leaving in a big swell or wind an interesting proposition . Transport either by Charter boat from Bluff or Halfmoon Bay or for smaller parties it can be economical to travel to the Bay by Stewart Island Ferry Service and hire a water taxi.
Cellphone reception is available at this site. There are several good tent sites.
Take care : A large part of this block is within the Ulva Island Marine Reserve so know the boundaries before you go fishing. Marine Reserve
Hapuatuna is thought to mean ‘place for gathering of eels.’ Numerous sawmills have worked in Paterson Inlet and a steam driven mill operated at Hapuatuna Bay for about 20 years from 1881. Some jetty piles remain on the foreshore about 200 metres east of the hut. A water diversion channel is encountered up the main creek while a tramline cuts around the hill from the mill site, running behind the hut to the ridge to the west. Presumably the millers diverted the water to turn a pelton wheel or feed a boiler to run machinery in their mill. Evidence of milling is centred around Hapuatuna Bay and can be found about a kilometre from the coast. In some areas, particularly on the true right of the main creek the regeneration is particularly thick and difficult to hunt.
ABRAHAMS BAY
Orgnised by Rob McGregor, Taranaki and South Taranaki Branches of NZDA raised $5000 and sent six branch members, Rob McGregor,John Wells, Alex Reeves, Mike Webber, Rod Rayner and Colin Machrae to the Island in June 2001. Ray Phillips, Mike Withers and John Bonn from Southland Branch assisted them to build a hunters hut at Abrahams Bay to replace the plastic bivvy that was there. The original hut was basic but has since been upgraded. Tent space is available.
Access: By charter from Bluff or by Ferry and water taxi from Halfmoon Bay.Abrahams Bay has an extensive mudflat in front of the hut and may require a lot of ferrying of your gear. If possible, time your pickup for the top of the tide when it is possible to get to the access track in front of the hut. Having a dinghy and outboard is a distinct advantage.
Half Tide High Tide 
The mooring that was about 200 metres north from the hut had disappeared in 2022. We suggest you set up a running anchor (diagram below) in the spot the dinghy is in the picture above. It is a two minute walk from the hut and the closest place that low water gets to the shore. A Kewene anchor will hold very well there.
In 2023 another mooring has been established in deepwater outside the mudflats. RHCT has no knowldge of its security and you use at your own risk.
Communication. Cell phone reception on the stones in front of the hut.
Abrahams Bay:
A large Bay east of Pryse Peak on the South side of Paterson Inlet. Aperahama,anglise “Abraham” a tall well built maori lived in the bay in the days gone by. He died some years ago at the Neck
Stewart Island and its Placenames. By Basil Howard Southland Times Magazine 24 December 1927.
