Pā - Wikipedia
In Māori culture, a great pā represented the mana (prestige or power) and strategic ability of an iwi (tribe or tribal confederacy), as personified by a rangatira (chieftain). Māori built pā in various defensible locations around the territory (rohe) of an iwi to …
Maori Forts - Pa - Don's Maps
2024年12月3日 · In Māori culture, a great pā represented the mana and strategic ability of an iwi (tribe) as personified by a rangatira (chiefs). Pā are located in various defensible locations around the territory (rohe) of an iwi to protect fertile plantation sites and food supplies. Almost all pā are found on prominent raised ground, especially volcanic hills.
Distribution of pā in New Zealand (1st of 2) - Te Ara: The ...
This map shows where Māori pā were found throughout New Zealand. They were located in the best areas to grow Polynesian crops such as kūmara and taro. Fortified pā were built to protect the inhabitants in times of war. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Te Ruapekapeka - Pre-musket Māori Pā (Fortifications)
Traditional pā were fortified positions designed to thwart an attacking force with a mix of earthworks, palisades and excellent natural defences. These pā were designed to defend against war parties armed with short clubs of wood, bone or stone, longer wooden weapons, and spears of several different varieties.
Māori sites: New Zealand historic heritage topics
DOC manages around 10,000 Māori sites, ranging from sites of earliest Polynesian settlement to nineteenth-century Māori economic, spiritual and military sites. All these sites are protected from development pressures and from avoidable harm, which makes them a key national collection.
10 of the best pā sites in New Zealand - Wilderness Magazine
There are few better places than Opapaka Pā to discover the anatomy of a Māori fortified site. The metalled and stepped track climbs through the forest. At the fenceline, follow the orange triangles to the top of the hill where an information board explains life at the pā. Terraces, ditches, earthworks and kumara pits are still clearly visible.
Battle of Ruapekapeka - Wikipedia
The Battle of Ruapekapeka was an engagement that took place from late December 1845 to mid-January 1846 between British forces, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Despard, and Māori warriors of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), led by Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti, during the Flagstaff War in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand.
A Real Maori Experience: Staying on a Maori Pa Site - YouTube
It’s a real Maori experience and insight into the Maor... Day 275: Today we are staying on a traditional style Maori pa site and marae in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Maori Pa Whaka - traditional Maori village souvenir badge - Flickr
2010年6月29日 · The Maori Pa at Whakarewarewa is a full scale reconstruction of a traditional Maori village complete with a dwellings and native Maoris. It was built from around 1903 as a model village to demonstrate Maori culture, heritage and lifestyle – as a living museum.
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Maungakiekie / Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Maungakiekie is the most extensively developed Māori pā (village settlement) in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland and one of the largest pre-European archaeological site complexes in New Zealand. It is also one of the largest pre-iron-age forts in the world. At the height of its occupation it was home to thousands of people.
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