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Tauwhare Pa
Pre-European Maori Pa sites at Ohiwa Harbour.
Tauwhare Pa is a preserved pre-European Maori occupation
site dating from around A.D 1700. This was about the time that most
of the pa sites around Ohiwa Harbour where built.
The pa terraces with panoramic views across Ohope and
Ohiwa Harbour are easily accessible with a small trek only minutes from
the Ohope - Opotiki road.
The parking for the pa site is just around the corner from Ohope Beach.
In times of occupation houses and a marae or meeting-house
were positioned in the heavily defended top terraces.
The lower terraces were used for cooking houses and drying fish.
30 People would have built and lived in this pa probably
going elsewhere to fish and garden in some times of the year.
From Tauwhare Pa you can see other evidence of Maori Pa sites in the
distance.
 The
site is sacred to the Maori people of the Eastern Bay of Plenty and
you are asked to enjoy and respect it.
© Ohope Beach.info 2003
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