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This category is to identify Maori historic sites in New Zealand including both working marae and historic marae sites, pa and other sites of significance to early Maori.
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Maori Historic SitesPou Maumahara - Zonnebeke, Belgium

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On ANZAC Day in 2019, Pou Maumahara was unveiled in the Passchendaele Memorial Park in Zonnebeke. The wood sculpture in honor of the New Zealand Maori and other World War I soldiers is located next to the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T-Team!

location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

date approved: 09/03/2023

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesMawhera Pa - Greymouth, New Zealand

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The city of Greymouth, New Zealand, is built on the site of the ancient Mawhera Pa. It is marked with an information sign.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 03/04/2020

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesShag Point/Matakaea - near Palmerston, New Zealand

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Shag Point/Matakaea is located about 9 km north of Palmerston. The site has significant cultural significance for Ngai Tahu. The posted coordinates are for the information signs.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 03/04/2020

last visited: 03/19/2021

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Maori Historic SitesWaitaha Pa - Wanganui, New Zealand

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Waitaha Pa was a heavily defended ridge-top pa occupied by Maori people possibly around 200 or more years ago.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tmob

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 04/01/2016

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesPukekura (Taiaroa Head) Pa - Dunedin, New Zealand

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Pukekura (Taiaroa Head) is a headland at the end of the Otago Peninsula overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbour. It lies within the city limits of Dunedin.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 12/03/2014

last visited: 02/05/2013

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Maori Historic SitesMt Victoria / Matairangi Lookout - Wellington, New Zealand

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Mt Victoria is a prominent high point at the eastern end of the Town Belt’s horseshoe. It is a very obvious landmark and a focal point from the central city of Wellington. The site has significant historical and cultural significance to mana whenua.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 12/02/2014

last visited: 01/09/2018

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Maori Historic SitesPoutokomanawa - Dunedin, New Zealand

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This Poutokomanawa (Maori Post Figure) stands in the reception area at the Royal Albatros Center in Dunedin. It commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waltangi in 1840.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 12/01/2014

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesMilford Track - South Island, New Zealand

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The trail now known as the Milford Track was long-used by the Maori to collect and transport greenstone.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 01/24/2014

last visited: 09/01/1986

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Maori Historic SitesTaradale Park, Puketapu Road, Taradale, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

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A tidal stream where Maori fishing camps were set up ran through this former wetland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 06/05/2013

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesUrupa (Maori Burial Ground) and Mausoleum - Punaromia, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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This urupa (Maori burial ground) and mausoleum is in a small forest on the shores of Lake Tarawera. Go to a trailhead at S38 11.842 E176 23.669 and follow the somewhat faint white tree markings that lead you up the hill to the site.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 03/14/2013

last visited: 03/15/2013

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Maori Historic SitesTe Tii Marae - Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand

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Te Tii Marae is a location of historic significance to Maori. The site has an obelisk engraved with Maori text of the Treaty of Waitangi, a marae 'meeting house' built in 1923 and other symbols of Maori culture and heritage.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 02/28/2013

last visited: 02/28/2013

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Maori Historic SitesNgatokimatawhaorua (waka - war canoe) - Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand

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Ngatokimatawhaorua, the 35 metre long war canoe (waka) is one of the largest ceremonial war canoes in the world with a hull carved from two massive kauri trees, felled in the Puketi Forest in Northland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 02/27/2013

last visited: 08/31/2020

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Maori Historic SitesTe Whare Runanga (Meeting House) - Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand

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Te Whare Runanga is a fully carved Maori Meeting House, which is representative of all Iwi (regional tribes) in New Zealand.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 02/27/2013

last visited: 01/16/2018

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Maori Historic SitesTreaty House - Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand

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The house saw important negotiations between Maori and the British Crown, including early attempts to establish an independent Maori government.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 02/26/2013

last visited: 01/16/2018

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Maori Historic SitesMaiki o Manukaihuia - Paihia, Northland, New Zealand

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Maiki o Manukaihuia, also known as Flagstaff Hill, is a headland in Paihia which was used as the maiki for the larger Manukaihuia Pa. There is no indication on site that this is a location important to Maori history.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Trail Blaisers

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 02/23/2013

last visited: 01/15/2018

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Maori Historic SitesKi Uta Ki Tai - Queenstown, New Zealand

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Marker giving the history of the Maori in the Queenstown area.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 12/24/2012

last visited: 09/13/2016

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Maori Historic SitesPou Tangaroa, Kaikoura, New Zealand

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Tangaroa is the God of the Sea who overlooks this Pou, the Marker, that tells the story of this place.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 03/23/2011

last visited: 03/25/2017

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Maori Historic SitesMahoetahi memorial cross, Bell Block-Waitara, New Zealand

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This is a memorial to the brave chiefs of Waikato, of Wetini Taiporutu and his comrades who fell close to this spot in the battle fought on the 6th November 1860.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Phronimos

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 11/29/2010

last visited: 11/08/2010

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Maori Historic SitesGate Pa, Site of the Battle of Gate Pa

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The Battle of "Gate Pa" (a "pa" is a fortified settlement) is probably the battle which made the greatest impact in the history of the New Zealand Wars.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Riblit

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 11/04/2010

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesPuketapu Feud Memorial Cross, Bell Block, New Plymouth

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This is a memorial to Rawiri Waiaua and his tribesmen who died here on the 3rd of August 1854 while they were upholding the mana of the government.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Phronimos

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 06/26/2010

last visited: 11/04/2010

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Maori Historic SitesTe Rerenga Wairua - Cape Reinga, North Island

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This is the point where Maori believe souls enter the underworld and return to their traditional homeland of Hawaiiki-a-nui.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 05/05/2010

last visited: 01/15/2018

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Maori Historic SitesFort Galatea. Bay of Plenty. New Zealand.

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Fort Galatea was a seasonal settlement for Maori before being established as a military redoubt in 1869.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Punga and Paua

location: North Island, New Zealand

date approved: 03/08/2010

last visited: 03/08/2010

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Maori Historic SitesHaki Te Kura — Queenstown, New Zealand

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Honouring a member of the Ngati Mamoe who swam across Lake Wakatipu

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 01/20/2010

last visited: 12/28/2022

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Maori Historic SitesWaituna Wetlands

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A Deed of Recognition for the Ngai Tahu claim regarding the Waituna Wetlands.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 12/10/2009

last visited: never

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Maori Historic SitesBattle of Waitaramea — Lowther, New Zealand

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Honouring a battle between Ngai Tahu and Nga Taimamoe that took place about 1725

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: South Island, New Zealand

date approved: 11/30/2009

last visited: never

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