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Bay of Plenty

Opotiki eastern Bay of Plenty trading port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: harness.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

River-mouth trading settlement from the 1860s military township era, shipping maize and wool by coastal scow; wharf reach and old store frontages hold port refuse.

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