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Karitane Village from Puketeraki Lookout.
Driving home from our nearest city yesterday we took a scenic detour. Karitane was the site of a pre-European Maori kaik (undefended village) Close by is the site of Huriawa Pa (a fortified Maori Village). The area was a hunting ground for the long-extinct Moas.
A less nice part of its history was the European whaling station in the 1840's.
These days Karitane is a lovely village and fishing port and popular as a holiday retreat.
I had no camera with me so this is with my ancient iPhone.