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There are a number of people in the district who have become involved in the protection of heritage features in the district. This month we pay tribute to a landowner on the Awhitu Peninsular who has worked with Ngati Te Ata to protect an archaeological site.
Waiuku Waipipi.
Archaeology student Jaden Harris, property owner Mark Muir, surveyor Neil Crispe, archaeologist Louise Furey and Ngati Te Ata kaumatua George Flavell discuss covenanting (legally protecting) the Pa shown in the background.
The intention is not to retire the site from responsible and conservative grazing but to ensure that the Pa site is legally protected into the future and not subject to modification from earthworks, overgrazing or the placement of farm buildings.
This Pa still has very well defined features present like terracing and intact storage pits. Archaeological information regarding the Pa and associated cultural features were recorded and entered into the NZ Archaeological Association database and also the CHI database administered by Auckland Regional Council.
With the support of the property owner Mark Muir, Ngati Te Ata intend to place a tohu kaitiaki [monument] on top recognising and acknowledging the traditional relationship Ngati Te Ata still have to these ancestral places. For more information:
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