Tapahuarau Pa

Tapahuarau Pa is an archaeological site in Auckland Region, North Island. Tapahuarau Pa is situated nearby to the village Ōhaeawai, as well as near the peak Maungaturoto.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: historical site in New Zealand
Also known as: “Tapahuarau Pā”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maungaturoto and St. John the Baptist Church.

Maungaturoto

Peak

Maungaturoto is a 282 metres high basaltic scoria cone, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. It was the site of a pā. Maungaturoto is situated 3 km south of Tapahuarau Pa.

St John the Baptist Church is an heritage-listed Anglican Church and associated churchyard built in 1831 by the Church Missionary Society at Te Waimate mission at Waimate North, inland from the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand. St. John the Baptist Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Tapahuarau Pa.

Tarahi

Peak

Tarahi is a 388 m high andesite volcano, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand that was never a pā. Northwest of Tarahi is a smaller, 350 m basaltic scoria cone, Haruru pā, before the higher cone of Te Ahuahu. Tarahi is situated 4 km southwest of Tapahuarau Pa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōhaeawai and Waimate North.

Ōhaeawai

Village

Photo: Moriori, Public domain.

Ōhaeawai is a small village at the junction of State Highway 1 and State Highway 12 in the Far North District of New Zealand, some 250 km from Auckland.

Waimate North

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Waimate North is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is situated between Kerikeri and Lake Ōmāpere, west of the Bay of Islands. It was one of the earliest centres of European settlement and features the second-oldest surviving European building in New Zealand, at Te Waimate Mission. Waimate North is situated 3½ km north of Tapahuarau Pa.

Pakaraka

Hamlet

Photo: Moriori, Public domain.

Pakaraka is a village in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of State Highway 1 and 10. Pakaraka is situated 6 km east of Tapahuarau Pa.

Tapahuarau Pa

Categories: former place, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.34358° or 35° 20′ 37″ south

Longitude

173.8898° or 173° 53′ 23″ east

Elevation

209 metres (686 feet)

Open location code

4VPMMV4Q+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1036788335

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

6229671

Wikidata ID

Q115785103

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