Upokunui Pa

Upokunui Pa is an archaeological site in Greater Wellington, North Island. Upokunui Pa is situated nearby to the hamlet Pipiriki, as well as near Jerusalem.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: pā in New Zealand
Also known as: “Upokunui Pā”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pipiriki and Jerusalem.

Pipiriki

Hamlet

Photo: Parehaywardhowie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pipiriki is a settlement in New Zealand, on the east bank of the Whanganui River, due west of the town of Raetihi and 79 kilometres upriver from Whanganui; it was originally on the opposite bank.

Jerusalem

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Jerusalem is a settlement 66 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand. Originally called Patiarero, it was one of the largest settlements on the Whanganui River in the 1840s with several hundred Ngāti Hau inhabitants of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. Jerusalem is situated 7 km south of Upokunui Pa.

Aratira / The Drop Scene

Locality

Aratira / The Drop Scene

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Aratira / The Drop Scene is a locality, which is situated 7 km northwest of Upokunui Pa.

Upokunui Pa

Categories: pā, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.49464° or 39° 29′ 41″ south

Longitude

175.05236° or 175° 3′ 9″ east

Elevation

179 metres (587 feet)

Open location code

4VGQG342+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1036782015

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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