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57°F / 14°C
(Passing Clouds. Refreshingly Cool.)
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Onawe Flat Road
Duvauchelle
Christchurch
8160
Ninety minute drive from central Christchurch
+64 (0)3 304 8600 (Akaroa Information Centre)
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This exclamation mark-shaped peninsula at the top end of Akaroa Harbor was the scene of a horrific massacre during Maori chief Te Rauparaha's bloody conquest of Canterbury in 1830. The Ngai-tahu tribe had constructed a large pa (fortified village) on the peninsula, which is joined to the mainland by a neck of rock only a few metres wide. But the peninsula's inaccessibility became a trap for its inhabitants. Once Te Rauparaha's men had gained entry there was no escape; hundreds of Ngai-tahu people were killed and eaten. Remnants of earthworks and cooking pits are still visible on the peninsula.
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