Press Release – Central Hawke’s Bay District Council The harvesting of about 350 knuka poles that will become an imposing 40-metre long palisade at a key Ng Ara Tipuna site Pukekaihau P has begun. Ng Ara Tipuna, in Central Hawkes Bay, celebrates the stories of the people of Tamatea, …
The harvesting of about 350 kānuka poles that will become an imposing 40-metre long palisade at a key Ngā Ara Tipuna site – Pukekaihau Pā – has begun.
Ngā Ara Tipuna, in Central Hawke’s Bay, celebrates the stories of the people of Tamatea, focused on six culturally significant sites in and around Waipukurau. The project, which marries the historic sites with hi-tech access to the stories of Tamatea, is on schedule to be completed mid-year. The free self-guided tour will bring the history of the rohe and its people to life.
May 6, 2021
GLADSTONE Charles Leslie Peterson, age 75, passed away Friday, April 30, 2021, due to natural causes at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Green Bay.
Charles was born August 16, 1945, in Escanaba, the son of Leslie “Dutch” and Eileen Alma (Johnson) Peterson. He graduated in the first class of the new Escanaba High School in 1963. He furthered his education at Bay College and graduated with an associate’s degree in May of 1966 and Northern Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree.
Charles was a teacher in Perkins. He was also a manager at the Terrace Bay Inn, the Log Cabin, and the Highland Golf Club.
Pou and palisades give echo of Waipukurau past 07 May 2021 07:54 AM Photo: Ngā Ara Tipuna Facebook.
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The first kanuka poles have been harvested for what will become an imposing 40-metre palisade in a project to highlight traditional sites in central Hawke’s Bay.
Ngā Ara Tipuna project coordinator Chris Hay says the palisade construction for the Pukekaihau Pā is being led by carving tutor Conrad Nepe Apatu, who was helped by two Central Hawke’s Bay College students to collect 35 of the 350 two-metre poles needed for the job.
Six sites around Waipukurau will feature in the project, marked by pou made from corten steel and other features.
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