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Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs

Pā and pits on the Whangaehu River 10 km upstream from the State Highway 3 bridge

Pā and pits on the Whangaehu River 10 km upstream from the State Highway 3 bridge

Pā and pits on the Whangaehu River 10 km upstream from the State Highway 3 bridge

The pā are at centre and bottom right. The ridges of the hill country come down to the river, offering good access by canoe and an ideal settlement opportunity. On the flat beyond are two knolls, each about 20 m across, with small groups of pits. The presence of a ring-ditch around these pits is puzzling. They are unlikely to be nineteenth-century fortifications, since the site is overlooked by the nearby hill country. The ring is probably a ditch and bank fence designed to protect the storage pits from pigs. The view is to the south-west.