Finger posts guided shipwrecked sailors to castaway depots - and a better chance of survival on desolate Subantarctic islands.
The Antipodes Island Castaway Depot meant the difference between life and death for those shipwrecked on this lonely island in the treacherous Southern Ocean.
Now an internationally recognised nature reserve, Campbell Island has a unique human history. The island was farmed, used as a base for sealers and whalers and served as a wartime coastal defence site.
The Sandy Bay Boatshed was a lifeline for shipwrecked survivors to row to the main castaway depot on Auckland Island.
Built in 1880, Stella Hut on Enderby Island is the earliest surviving and most complete of the original castaway depots still standing.
The value of conservation
NZ Historic Places Trust
International Council on Monuments and Sites
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
NZ Archaeological Association