Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

ANCIENT OCCUPIED SITES OF THE PARAPARAUMU DISTRICT Journal Paper

Author
PETER BECKETT
Year
1957
Journal / Source
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Volume
66
Number
4
Month
December
Pages
357-364
Keywords
archaeology, polynesia, coastal plain, Paraparaumu
Summary
The shore has a wide strand of fine sand, backed by a belt of new coastal dunes, behind which a low plain of fixed dunes and swamp extends to the outlying foothills of the Tararua Range. This coastal plain is one mile wide at the southern end, expanding to over two miles …