The fascinating story of the Bay of Islands and Kaikohe dry stone walls, the origin of the stones and the people who built them. Based on recollections of living people, who give an overview of how the walls were built, and historical records. This district has hundreds of kilometres of dry stone walls. They are a defining feature of the landscape in several areas and it is no accident that those areas are dominated by small volcanic cones. The walls have become as much a part of the landscape as the volcanic cones from which they originated.