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Kōrero: Otago places

Huriawa pā site

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Huriawa pā site

Huriawa , on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, was a stronghold of the Ngāi Tahu chief Te Wera. The site, now a historic reserve, is adjacent to Karitāne township.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 8 August 2007, p. 9

by Stephen Jaquiery

Permission of the Otago Daily Times must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – North of Dunedin, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22749/huriawa-pa-site (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.