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Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay Region

Napier and Ahuriri port, Hawke Bay

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Hamilton and Codd sodas, colonial bitters.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

colonial bottle era, historically mapped

1931 earthquake reshaped the foreshore; pre-quake town deposits survive in places. Retrolens covers the area (1936-2005); specific map year unverified, set null.

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