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<< Our Photo Pages >> Takiroa Rock Art Site - Cave or Rock Shelter in New Zealand

Submitted by DrewParsons on Saturday, 14 April 2012  Page Views: 6942

Natural PlacesSite Name: Takiroa Rock Art Site
Country: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 160.106 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Oamaru  Nearest Village: Duntroon
Latitude: 44.84298S  Longitude: 170.645560E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : Taniwha (Māori water spirit) drawn in ochre. April 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Shelter with early Māori rock art near Duntroon, Waitaki Valley, South Island, New Zealand

Takiroa Rock Art Site is a rock shelter with Māori rock art drawn using ochre and bird fat. It is the most well known of the various South Island Māori rock art sites and forms part of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust scheduled "Takiroa Historic Area" (register number 5653). The shelter dates to pre 1600 when it was a campsite for Māori people travelling from the coast inland towards the Southern Alps along the Waitaki Valley. Archaeological finds in the immediate vicinity of the shelter give this date and back up oral stories of early travellers including the legendary Tamatea-Pokai-Whenua, a great explorer who lit fires as he walked the land. Legend holds that the ash from one of those fires created the white outcrop at Takiroa. The scenes depicted vary from the oldest art which used traditional designs including taniwha (large water spirit creatures of Māori tradition), human figures, and symbols related to those found in art in wider Polynesia, through to early 19th century depictions of European items such as horses and ships.
The limestone rock was very suitable for painting but erosion and human interference has affected the site. Fortunately the art work was sketch recorded in 1852 and photographed in 1896 but pieces were later removed by a visiting American scholar with some destroyed in the process, although others are now in museums around the South Island.
The site is located just west of Duntroon village on highway 83 in the Waitaki Valley between Oamaru on the coast and Omarama towards the Southern Alps. There is a second set of similar rock shelters and art work to the immediate east of Duntroon village at Maerewhenua.
References: http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7769
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Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : NZ Post Matariki (Maori New Year 2012) commemorative postage stamps showing Maori Rock Art including one from the Waitaki Valley. December 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : Taniwha (Māori water spirit monster) with symbols related to wider Polynesian artwork. April 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : Ochre painted symbol. April 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : Descriptive sign at the start of the trail to the rock shelter. April 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Takiroa Rock Art Site
Takiroa Rock Art Site submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign. April 2012.

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