Waiorua Valley, Kapiti Island, showing the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa

Waiorua Valley, Kapiti Island, showing the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa
Date
February 1921
Reference
PA1-q-002-059
Description

Shows the approximate location of the Ngati Toa fortified pa "Tawhiri-a-Taka" in the Waiorua Valley, Kapiti Island. Adkin mistakenly identified the pa (on the site of the dwelling and shed) as the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa. However, Te Rauparaha never occupied any part of the northern end of Kapiti Island. The Waiorua (northern block) of Kapiti was properly occupied by the chiefs Te Pehi Kupe, Te Rangihiroa, Te Hiko, Tungia, Pokaitara, Te Tahua Rene and others. Taken by George Leslie Adkin in February 1921.

Album piece is from has been digitised and surrogates are available at Library reference PA1-q-002.

Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 59. Waiorua valley shewing approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa during his occupation of the island. Farther up the valley is the site of a much more ancient pa. Another of the old whaling stations was located a little to the south of Waiorua Stm.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua / Adkin album 13
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Waiorua Valley, Kapiti Island, showing the approximate site of Te Rauparaha's principal pa. Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua. Ref: PA1-q-002-059. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22337511

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