Te Aro Pā – School Journal Level 3 November 2023

The remains of Te Aro Pā were discovered in the early 2000s in Wellington. This article explores the history of the pā and the iwi who lived there, as well as the impact of European settlers from the 1840s and the 1855 earthquake.

Keywords: archaeologists, artefacts, colonisation, daylighting, earthquakes, history, Kupe, māra kai, pā, Pākehā, Pipitea, pre-European, settlers, taonga, Taranaki, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, tīpuna, trade, tūpuna, Wellington, whare, Whātonga

archaeologists, artefacts, colonisation, earthquakes, history, Kupe, māra kai, pā, Pākehā, Pipitea, pre-European, settlers, taonga, Te Aro, tīpuna, trade, tūpuna, Wellington,