Prickett national archaeological inventory
DOC summarises evidence for 87 shore whaling stations and sites nationally. Chapter 9 covers Kāpiti-area sites including Korohiwa, Long Point, Mana, Motungarara, Paremata, Tahoramaurea, Te Kahuoterangi, Tokomapuna and Waiorua.
The historical record
Prickett national archaeological inventory — Nigel Prickett (2002), The Archaeology of New Zealand Shore Whaling, DOC — DOC summarises evidence for 87 shore whaling stations and sites nationally. Chapter 9 covers Kāpiti-area sites including Korohiwa, Long Point, Mana, Motungarara, Paremata, Tahoramaurea, Te Kahuoterangi, Tokomapuna and Waiorua.
A national survey with a local chapter
Nigel Prickett’s The Archaeology of New Zealand Shore Whaling (2002) records the archaeological and documentary footprint of the shore-whaling industry. Its Kāpiti chapter covers Korohiwa, Long Point, Mana Island, Motungarara, Paremata, Tahoramaurea, Te Kahuoterangi, Tokomapuna and Waiorua. These are not interchangeable names: each location has a different mixture of surviving features and historical documentation.
The evidence at Te Kahuoterangi
A 1910 visit by Te Kahuoterangi Simcox counted about twenty stone hearths; Prickett’s 1982 survey identified nine distinct remains. Among the surviving features was a two-bay trypot stand, with bays approximately 900 and 1,200 millimetres across. The changing counts reflect different observations of a deteriorating site, not necessarily a disagreement over the number of stations. Source: Prickett (2002), Kāpiti chapter, pp.83–97.
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