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Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs

Te Puia, a pā on the coastal terrace near the mouth of the Mōkau River

Te Puia, a pā on the coastal terrace near the mouth of the Mōkau River

Te Puia, a pā on the coastal terrace near the mouth of the Mōkau River

The Mōkau River runs into the sea at bottom left. The point immediately above the river mouth and seaward of the road has been lived on, but its landward defences were prone to attack. It was not suitable for a pā, but was an undefended village, named Kautu. Nearest the camera viewpoint on the coastal cliff, the Waipapa Stream, cutting through the terrace, formed a gully and a point in the terrace. There, a pā, Te Puia, was created by the construction of a large ditch and bank. About 100 m from the narrow point is a second, outer ditch and bank about 90 m long (centre bottom, above the cliff). This pā was the scene of fighting in the 1830s between Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Toa under Te Rauparaha. At top left in the estuary is the island Motu Tawa, scene of further fighting in the 1830s.