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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ōhinehou - Ancient Village or Settlement in New Zealand

Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 17 October 2011  Page Views: 5676

Multi-periodSite Name: Ōhinehou Alternative Name: Lyttelton, Sutton Reserve, Rapaki
Country: New Zealand Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 43.6032S  Longitude: 172.718400E
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
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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Ōhinehou submitted by DrewParsons : Detail from the top of the pou. June 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in New Zealand. A home for Māori for about 700 years, Lyttelton Harbour was discovered by European settlers in 1770 during the Endeavour's first voyage to New Zealand.

Historians have long known of Rapaki, the Maori village located under what is now Sutton Reserve, dating back roughly 800 to 1000 years. A recently discovered midden showed evidence of fires, and a variety of food remains including paua shells, seal bones and fish bones. While Maori would not have lived for long periods on the site, it would have been used periodically for a number of years.

For more information please see Christchurch Library's website page at http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/tikoukawhenua/ohinehou/The photograph opposite is of the top of a pou at the site. A pou is a territorial marker or marker placed at an important site.

Note: Maori adze uncovered at excavation in Lyttelton, NZ "Oral tradition indicates there has been a long-standing occupation of this area."
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Ōhinehou
Ōhinehou submitted by DrewParsons : Pou marking the site. A pou marks places of significance or a territorial boundary. June 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ōhinehou
Ōhinehou submitted by DrewParsons : Plaque at the site commemorating Hinehouroko and her people. June 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Ancient Maori adze found in old Lyttelton post office by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 21 May 2014
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I amended the coordinates for this destroyed site to show where Sutton Reserve is located (close to the entrance to the Lyttelton Tunnel). The pa site was on a beach area near here on what is now reclaimed land. There is nothing from the pa left to see here. Norwich Quay where the toki or adze was found in 2011 and mentioned in the links on the main page for this site is adjacent to Sutton Reserve and the destroyed pa site
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Re: Ancient Maori adze found in old Lyttelton post office by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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For more information please see Christchurch Library's website page at http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/tikoukawhenua/ohinehou/
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Ancient Maori adze found in old Lyttelton post office by Andy B on Monday, 17 October 2011
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The discovery of a Maori adze beneath the demolished Lyttelton post office has provided physical evidence for an oral history dating back more than 800 years.

The woodworking tool was found by archaeologists deep beneath the concrete foundations of the 1875 building on Norwich Quay that was demolished in September.

Its discovery has prompted theories that early Maori settlers may have carved and launched waka on the site.

Te Hapu O Ngai Te Wheke representative Rewi Couch said the adze gave physical proof to centuries-old tales. But until the artefacts were carbon-dated, an exact age of the settlement would not be known.

"This might have been a launch site for waka," he said.

"They might even have been building waka here; the trees were right down to the shoreline then."

"Oral tradition indicates there has been a long-standing occupation of this area by Ngai Tahu, Kati Mamoe and Waitaha," Brown said.

More at The Press and
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/ancient-maori-tool-found-in-old-lyttleton-post-office-4459812

with a video of the excavation at
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5763605/Maori-adze-found-at-post-office-site

and with thanks to Coldrum for finding these fascinating stories
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