Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Stone rows

Stone rows

These stone rows at Okoropunga, on the south Wairarapa coast, are from a 15th-century Māori settlement. The rows generally run parallel to one another. Some mark boundaries, but others were gardens – the soil between the rows was warmer and better suited to growing plants like kūmara (sweet potato).

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Private collection
Photograph by Bruce McFadgen

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Ben Schrader, 'Wairarapa region - Māori settlement', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12074/stone-rows (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, updated 1 Mar 2017