Orariki, a pā near Taumutu at the southern end and outlet of Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)

The church and graveyard at top right are within the bounds of the defensive ditch and bank, immediately left of the road at top. Built in the early nineteenth century by the Ngāi Tahu hapū, Ngāti Ruahikihiki, the pā originally occupied the neck of dry land that extended out into the lake between mudflats. The Waikewai Stream bed and mudflat show clearly on the near side of the church. The defences may originally have been dogleg in plan, with the modern road obscuring a large part of the original defences. The view is to the north-west.