Cavalli Islands
Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox islands The Cavalli Islands are a small group of islands near Whangaroa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on Northland's East Coast in northern New Zealand. They lie Template:Convert to the east of Matauri Bay on the mainland.
The group consists of the island of Motukawanui (area Template:Convert) and the smaller islets of Motutapere, Panaki, Nukutaunga, Haraweka, Motuharakeke, and Motukawaiti Islands. The main island is used as a nature reserve, and some of the smaller islands are privately owned.
The Cavallis were so named by Captain James Cook on 27 December 1769 during his first voyage of discovery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In his journal he recorded that some Māori "sold us some fish--Cavallys as they are called--which occasioned my giving the Islands the same name". Cook probably meant trevally which is abundant near the islands, known to the Māori as araara.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 2 December 1987, the hull of the bombed Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was scuttled between Matauri Bay and the Cavalli Islands, to serve as a dive wreck and fish sanctuary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>