Te Awakari a Tamanui

Cooks Tooth Road, PORANGAHAU

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Status

Listed

List Entry Status

Wahi Tapu

Access

Private/No Public Access

List Number

7717

Date Entered

6th June 2007

Date of Effect

6th June 2007

City/District Council

Central Hawke's Bay District

Region

Hawke's Bay Region

Extent of List Entry

Te Awakari Pā is located near Cooks Tooth Road, south east of Porangahau township. The site is located on a 500m long point in an abandoned meander on the south side of the Porangahau River which used to flow past the site as late as the 1960s. The pā site consists of transverse ditches and on the down-river aspect of the site, it comprises of a low level terrace that sits 2 metres below the rest of the site. At the northern end of the pā site there are a group of 7 pits.

Legal description

Sbrn Secs 49 and 73 Blk XII Porangahau SD (RT HB171/40), Hawkes Bay Land District.

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