Take a tour back into the past

A working archaeological excavation at Mangahawea Bay, on Moturoa Island in the Bay of Islands, will be open for a guided tour on Thursday next week (January 17, 9am-noon).

Visitors will land at Waiwhapuku Bay (Camp Bay) and walk over the hill to Mangahawea Bay.

The excavation,

ajoint initiative between the Arakite Trust, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, the Department of Conservation and the University of Otago, has produced evidence of very early, well preserved human settlement.

Visitors will need to travel independently to and from Mangahawea Bay, and should take hats, sunscreen.

The excavation is being funded by the Lottery Tuia — Encounters 250 Programme. Over the next 12 months a traditional knowledge wa¯nanga will be held in the Bay of Islands, and a pouwhenua will be carved and erected at the Bay.

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