Tapapakanga Pa - Visit

Tapapakanga Pa

SITE TO VISIT
Pa at Tapapakanga Pa
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Ethnicity:	Maori
Site type:	Fortification
Where:	Tapapakanga Park, Firth of Thames
How to get there:	Stop at the main carpark, go down to the beach and turn right on to the coastal track, a couple of hundred meteres along there is a branch up the hill to the right which leads directly to the pa.Drive along the Rangikapiti Point road. There is an obvious walking track up to the pa.
How Long to allow:	An hour
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Location:

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The pa

What:

Maori fortification - pa, framed in glorious old pohutukawa trees.

Web Info:

http://www.arc.govt.nz/albany/main/parks/our-parks/parks-in-the-region/tapapakanga/

http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_33_1924/Volume_33,_No._130/%26%2334;Kahu-mau-roa_and_Te_Kotuiti%26%2334;,_by_George_Graham,_p_130-135/p1

Photosynth:

Photosynth taken 9 January 2011.

What else to do there:

Visit the Ashby colonial house by the car park. There is a heritage trail at the park that takes in more sites.