Pouerua is a 270 m high basaltic

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, in the

Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field The recently active basaltic Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in the Northland Region of New Zealand is associated geographically with an older region of extinct volcanism to its north the Wairakau Volcanic Centre, meaning eruptions in this ...

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. It is in the locality of

Pakaraka Pakaraka is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of State Highway 1 and 10, in the district the Ngāpuhi tribe called Tai-a-mai. Demographics Pakaraka statistical area covers and had an estimated population of as of wit ...

and was the site of a pā that was studied during a major archeological project in the 1980s. Pouerua is registered with the Historic Places Trust as a traditional site (Registration Number 6711). The last Māori who occupied Pouerua were the Ngāti Rāhiri subtribe of

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165, ...

. They left in about 1860. According to the Historic Places Trust, Pouerua is considered the origin and the watershed or pou of the two tribal areas of Ngapuhi, at the Hokianga in the west and Taumarere in the east.

References

The Archaeology of Pouerua (Auckland University Press)Geological Society of New Zealand

External links

Aerial view of Pouerua volcano and pā.
Volcanoes of the Northland Region Far North District {{Northland-geo-stub