A short walk over farmland outside Ōakura leads to Te Koru pā historic reserve, on a loop of the Ōakura River. The river-stone terracing of the ditches and banks – only found in this part of Taranaki – is the most elaborate in the region. The pā belonged to the Ngā Mahanga-a-Tairi people. Some time between 1800 and 1805 the pā was attacked and taken by a Te Āti Awa war party from Rewarewa (at the mouth of the Waiwhakaiho River) and Puketapu (Bell Block).
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Private collection
by Ron Lambert
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