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<< Our Photo Pages >> Orewa South Bridge Pa - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in New Zealand

Submitted by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 20 June 2012  Page Views: 3653

Multi-periodSite Name: Orewa South Bridge Pa Alternative Name: R10/82
Country: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 2.472 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Orewa  Nearest Village: Red Beach
Latitude: 36.60154S  Longitude: 174.696370E
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.
2 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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no data 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
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Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : The adze is 15 centimetres long and 4 centimetres wide. June 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Destroyed Maori Pa or hillfort located south of the modern day Orewa South Bridge. It is an important "find site" and so is included here because of this.

On the south side of the Orewa River above the main road there was once a pa which would have controlled access over and along the Orewa River and would have protected the local Maori people who lived along its shores. The site is now destroyed but is included here as it is the location of an important adze find. Pictures of this finely worked hogback adze are included here and remind one of similar Neolithic implements seen in European museums. Hogback adzes are similar to those found in Eastern Polynesia and give evidence of links across the Pacific. The adze (or toki) measures 15 centimetres by 4 centimetres and is in the possession of a friend who is a respected local Maori and he has kindly agreed to photographs of it appearing here. The Orewa River provided a route inland from the coast and being located by the important Whangaparaoa Peninsula Maori settlements and close to their Mahurangi fishing grounds it had strategic significance for pre contact Maori tribes. There is an interesting legend that Pokopoko, a Maori leader, slayed a Taniwha (mythical water monster) located in a deep pool called "Te Rua-taniwha" up river from here. Pas or hill forts were always on defendable land and the contour map included in the photographs illustrates why this location was selected, it being the highest ground by the river crossing point. Settlements and shell middens are found around the vicinity of the pa and along the Orewa River banks which may be followed on a 7 kilometres walkway circuit. A small midden is covered by a glass panel part way along this walkway (on the southern half of the walk), whilst another ruined pa once stood overlooking nearby Red Beach (R10/83).
Reference: Te Papa National Museum of New Zealand: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=1439
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Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Annotated map showing the location where this pa would have once stood. The map is copied from the Auckland Council GIS viewer with the Cultural Overlay and my annotations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Auckland Council GIS Viewer map with half metre Contour Overlay illustrating why this high site would have been selected as a pa or hillfort just across the modern day Orewa South Bridge. June 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Finely worked and polished adze found at the Orewa South Bridge Pa (R10/82). June 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Side view showing the work put into achieving the hogback shape required for this Neolithic impliment. Hogback adzes like this are also found in Eastern Polynesia. June 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Back view of this 15 cm by 4 cm fine adze. June 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Side view of the adze. Hogback adzes like this are also found in Eastern Polynesia. June 2012.

Orewa South Bridge Pa
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons : The finely worked adze. June 2012.

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