Harakeke "Phormium tenax" is found at Erebus Cove, Sealer's Creek, Ranui Cove and Tandy Inlet, and was introduced probably by the second wave of sealers to visit the island, to make rope, twine, baskets, mats etc.. Kormiko "Hebe salicifolia" was first reported in 1975 around the Lindley Point farmhouse site at Deas Head, built in 1851.