<< Our Photo Pages >> Tahuna Torea - Ancient Village or Settlement in New Zealand
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tahuna ToreaCountry: New Zealand Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Auckland Nearest Village: Glendowie
Latitude: 36.87287S Longitude: 174.885510E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The Tainui canoe, one of the first Maori migration canoes and captained by Chief Taiki, sailed into this estuary over 700 years ago and anchored here. The estuary led to a portage route across the Auckland Isthmus and enabled the tribe to sail down the west coast of the North Island to Kawhia. There is a commemorative plaque at the southern end of the park (the GPS coordinates for this site given above), and a midden dated to between 400 and 500 years ago by the footpath north from here where another plaque gives information about the site. There are several other middens in this nature reserve.
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