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TeRehe

Section of the mural at Caroline Bay by J .L. Wilson 2002. LEFT Kaiti, chief of Arowhenua kainga. RIGHT. Te Rehe. Photography Courtesy of Roselyn Fauth

In 1844 Edward Shortland crossed the streams running down to Caroline Bay, noting it as “the only spot where a boat can find shelter between Bank’s Peninsula and Te Awa-mokihi”. Guided by Te Rehe, Rangatira of Te Waiateruati Pā, he walked to Te Aitarokihi (what the whalers called ninety-mile beach). On the shores of Waitarakao (the Washdyke lagoon) he found a hut where Māori woman were drying fish about the size of whitebait on the hot sand. After getting lost in a flax swamp he spent the night at Te Waiateruati Pā.

 

1820-1895 :Tauamotu. Timaru. Camp of natives windbound. 17 October 1848

1820-1895 :Tauamotu. Timaru. Camp of natives windbound. 17 October 1848 - Looking south along the beach line near Timaru towards a figure on the beach at a small campsite with a boat drawn up on shore. Mantell's three Maori porters are walking above the beach on flat land studded with cabbage trees towards a low hill - natlib.govt.nz/134166

 

MA I470105 TePapa 90 Mile Beach Timaru Web

90 Mile Beach, Timaru, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers. Te Papa (C.014424)

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