Te Ahurea: New pā gives insight into pre-Treaty living, Northland history

The narratives of Hongi Hika and many other Ngāpuhi ancestors who lived around the Kerikeri Basin are about to be showcased in a ‘living pā’ dedicated to the Ngāpuhi way of life pre-Treaty signing. Harata Brown has more.

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Make it bigger, maori had house of singular purpose built for just birthing. Tapa mats were everywhere, the mats that were givin birth on were burnt and replaces.
Maori had wooden bowls to eat hangi and small houses/huts on stilts to store food frok farms below.
If you are going to showcase our culture, do it right. There are so many aspects of our culture to showcase, do it all!
Pakeha are always restorating broken castles and churches, sometimes to a point where everything is brand new, so why cant we. Goodluck!