Waikato, Waikato Region
Tairua kauri mill harbour village
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Sea potteryAlso reported: gum tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Kauri milling and gum port on a barred estuary from the 1860s; mill flats and wharf margins hold timber-era refuse under later baches.
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