Akatarawa and Pakuratahi Forests History
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As noted in the landscape assessment, the Akatarawa Forest Block
consists of hilly and isolated land lying between the Kapiti Coast and
the Hutt Valley. As such there is comparatively little evidence regarding
the use of the land by Maori or Europeans. Considering the position
of the Block, it is likely that following the conquest of the Wellington
region in the late 1820s by Taranaki and Kawhia iwi, the land presumably
lay within the rohe of the Ngati Toa groups
consists of hilly and isolated land lying between the Kapiti Coast and
the Hutt Valley. As such there is comparatively little evidence regarding
the use of the land by Maori or Europeans. Considering the position
of the Block, it is likely that following the conquest of the Wellington
region in the late 1820s by Taranaki and Kawhia iwi, the land presumably
lay within the rohe of the Ngati Toa groups