Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, October 1974
Karaka Point
Karaka Point
Karaka Point, on which stood a strongly fortified pa, which was attacked by Te Rauparaha and his men armed with muskets, and overwhelmed during his raids in the early 1830s, is now very overgrown with manuka and rubbish, but when I first visited it, over 50 years ago it was grass and the wall and ditch on the landward side and many pits and house sites were visible. An page 27ill advised attempt with a bulldozer some years ago spoilt its historic features.