The Moeraki Boulders are found near the town of Moeraki in Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. The boulders range in size from 1/2 to over 2 meters in diameter. According to Mâori legend the boulders are the remains of food baskets washed ashore from the wreck of a large sailing canoe. The legends further hold that nearby rocky shoals are the petrified hull of the canoe and a rocky promontory is the body of the canoe's captain.