The Pouwhenua

Another of my favourite spots in town, and again a place most people don't know about. It's not as beautiful as this place. It's just a gorse covered field - with a couple of nearby horses. It's completely exposed to the wind - all of it!! which can be an awful lot. But there's something magical about this pouwhenua. I think back in the day there was a pa around here, and the site looks south over Cook Strait, east over the valley to Whanganui-a-Tara, west over the valley and the South Karori Hills, and north along the ridgeline to Tinakori. Not a bad place to stop if you want to watch out for attacking hoards of savage natives (as my colonial forebears no doubt thought of the Maori).