Pouerua is a 270 m high basaltic scoria cone, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. It is in the locality of Pakaraka and was the site of a pā that was studied during a major archeological project in the 1980s.[1] Pouerua is registered with the Historic Places Trust as a traditional site (Registration Number 6711).[2]
Pouerua
Pouerua centered in map of surface volcanics with basaltic scoria and lava fields (brown) of the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field. Tarahi (red shading) is to the east. Clicking on the map enlarges it, and enables panning and mouseover of volcanic feature name/wikilink and ages before present. The key to the other volcanics that are shown with panning is basalt - brown, monogenetic basalts - dark brown, undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon - light brown, arc basalts - deep orange brown, arc ring basalts -orange brown, rhyolite - violet, dacite - purple, andesite - red , basaltic andesite`- light red, rhyolite - violet , ignimbrite (lighter shades of violet), and plutonic - gray.
The last Māori who occupied Pouerua were the Ngāti Rāhiri subtribe of Ngāpuhi. They left in about 1860.[3]
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.[2]
pouerua, high, basaltic, scoria, cone, kaikohe, islands, volcanic, field, zealand, locality, pakaraka, site, that, studied, during, major, archeological, project, 1980s, registered, with, historic, places, trust, traditional, site, registration, number, 6711, . Pouerua is a 270 m high basaltic scoria cone in the Kaikohe Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand It is in the locality of Pakaraka and was the site of a pa that was studied during a major archeological project in the 1980s 1 Pouerua is registered with the Historic Places Trust as a traditional site Registration Number 6711 2 PoueruaPouerua centered in map of surface volcanics with basaltic scoria and lava fields brown of the Kaikohe Bay of Islands volcanic field Tarahi red shading is to the east Clicking on the map enlarges it and enables panning and mouseover of volcanic feature name wikilink and ages before present The key to the other volcanics that are shown with panning is basalt brown monogenetic basalts dark brown undifferentiated basalts of the Tangihua Complex in Northland Allochthon light brown arc basalts deep orange brown arc ring basalts orange brown rhyolite violet dacite purple andesite red basaltic andesite light red rhyolite violet ignimbrite lighter shades of violet and plutonic gray Highest pointElevation270 m 890 ft Coordinates35 22 12 S 173 55 58 E 35 370011 S 173 932688 E 35 370011 173 932688GeologyAge of rockPleistoceneMountain typeBasalt coneType of rockBasaltVolcanic fieldKaikohe Bay of Islands volcanic fieldThe last Maori who occupied Pouerua were the Ngati Rahiri subtribe of Ngapuhi They left in about 1860 3 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 2 References edit Sutton Doug G Furey Louise Marshall Yvonne M 2003 The archaeology of Pouerua Auckland University Press ISBN 978 1 86940 292 1 a b Pouerua Historic Places Trust Retrieved 17 April 2017 McLean Gavin 8 October 2014 Pouerua NZ History Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 17 April 2017 The Archaeology of Pouerua Auckland University Press Geological Society of New ZealandExternal links editAerial view of Pouerua volcano and pa nbsp This Northland Region related geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pouerua amp oldid 1175091135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
