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Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay Region
Wairoa river port between the bays
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
River-mouth port from the 1860s trading wool and flax across a hazardous bar; old landing reaches and hotel frontages line the riverbank esplanade.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.