Cosy Nook, Mullett Bay, Pahia, Southland -  New Zealand
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Geographically Pahia lies between the thick, forest-covered Longwood Range and the Tasman Sea with views of Te Waewae Bay, the Princess Mountains, and also Stewart Island,  Pahia Hill, and across to the Ruahine Hills and Mt Victoria
The weather on average is cool and windy. Pahia is exposed to the weather coming from across the sea, but also sees its share of fine weather

  Cosy Nook is private farmland and has been since  it was acquired in 1904
Cosy Nook, a unique bay full of history in the small rural locality of Pahia 
On Cosy Nook hillside there are views of Stewart Island and one of the South's best surfing spots (Porridge)
Slip down for a walk and you can get Paua (Abalone), Sea Urchins, (Kina),  Crayfish straight from the rocks, as well as great fishing
You may see Deer in the bush on Pahia hill above, seals on the rocks below enjoying the sun, shells, and all sorts beach combing

Not far from Cosy Nook was home to a substantial Maori village in the early years of European contact
Orepuki  and Monkey Island are only 5 minutes West on the Southern Scenic Route
Only 15 minutes drive East is the town of Riverton
Keep driving west on the Southern Scenic Route for 15 minutes and you will arrive at the Town of Tuatapere, gateway to Fiordland
Pahia is in coastal Southland, New Zealand, not to be confused with the North Island tourist resort of Paihia 

Surrounding areas include Ruahine, Wakapatu, Round Hill, Colac Bay and Orepuki 
The main road, Orepuki-Riverton Hwy (State Highway 99), runs through it

The Pahia primary school closed its doors in 1997, and Pahia is part of a historic trail with much history


The area today is made up of many farms, including sheep, dairy and deer

The Maori village served as an important contact point for European sealers and traders requiring potatoes and flax for the Australian market in the 1820s

The name 'Pahia' comes from the village Chief of the time, Pahi

Pahia once had a railway running through it, a cheese factory, forest industry and a small gold mining industry
       
Below are fishing shacks on private farmland, some have been here for many years and used for short stays over holiday and weekend periods
There are permanent residents in these shacks now, and have been for some time
Some trouble has brewed due to demands placed on the farmer by the residents, unlawfully living in these shacks with no permits acquired for building from the council,  
Continuing interfering by the residents and neighbours with the farming enterprise has created some problems that have had police involved and also Environment department

The land owners, have allowed these people and and shacks to remain at no cost to date, and the Council has put a road in on private land and also power has been connected to these shacks without the landowners consent

The fact remains that they are illegal as there is no sewage connected, no permits and they are on private farmland

Council bylaws are not adhered to and there are no council moves to evict these trespassers from this area




 

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