GC8D7PE TMGT Mawhera Pā (Greymouth, West Coast) (Traditional Cache) in South Island, New Zealand created by gracie7 + Mum

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Geocaching HQ Admin: We hope you enjoyed exploring and discovering the local history in the communities of Aoetearoa New Zealand. The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour has now ended. Thank you to the community for all the great logs, photos, and Favorite Points over the last 30 months. It has been so fun!

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A cache by gracie7 + Mum Message this owner

Hidden : 9/6/2019

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Geocache Description:

The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour is about having fun discovering the history of Aotearoa New Zealand by finding sites of significance in local communities from early Pacific voyaging and migration, European settlement to present day. The interaction between people, and people and the land, have provided a rich history that the GeoTour invites you to explore."

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At this site the Ngāi Tahu of Westland built the new Mawhera Pā on the south bank, after the former site having been on the north bank had become ‘tapu’(sacred) by bloodshed.

As the story goes the Ngāi Tahu tribe often had quarrels between hapū. In 1790, the hapū dwelling at Kaikoura journeyed over by one of the passes at the head of the Waiau and destroyed the pā of Mawhera, on the north bank of the Grey River at Greymouth.

In retaliation the survivors from Mawhera journeyed to South Westland and being reinforced travelled north and overtook the Kaikoura Māori at the junction of the Mawhera (Grey) and Ahaura Rivers, defeating them. The last of the Kaikoura prisoners were taken to the island on Lake Brunner (Moana).

This is also the site that James Mackey completed the deed of sale for Westland in 1860 but you can read more about that for the multi cache nearby The Purchase of Westland (Grey)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[temporarily] TY arkg gb ynetr ebpx pbirerq jvgu jbbqra bssphgf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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TMGT Mawhera Pā (Greymouth, West Coast) Traditional Cache

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