Herbertville is a small settlement on the eastern coast of the lower Hawkes Bay area. The large promontory just north is Cape Turnagain

Cape Turnagain

Cape Turnagain is a prominent headland on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, part way between Hawke Bay and Cook Strait, between the mouths of the Porangahau and Akitio Rivers.The cape was named by Captain James Cook in 1769...

. So named by Captain Cook who used the location as a well remembered point where he turn his ship and retraced his steps. At the turn of the century Herberville was a thriving community. It had a large hotel and several shops, a police station and a blacksmiths. Schooners where beached on the vast expanse of shallow sandy beach on high tides and passengers and cargos were unloaded. The ships would then be re-floated on the next high tide and would carry on their way. Horse drawn coach's then made their way inland towards the settlement of Dannevirke

Dannevirke

Dannevirke , is a rural service town in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the major town of the administrative Tararua District, the easternmost of the districts in which the Regional Council has responsibilities...

 via Weber

Weber, New Zealand

Weber is a hamlet situated 28 km south-east of Dannevirke and 23 km WNW of Herbertville, on the east coast of New Zealand. It is about 5 km south of Waipatiki. Weber was named after the German born surveyor Charles H. Weber who died during a surveying project near Woodville in 1886...

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