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NZ Walking Routes > Bay of Plenty > Whakatane - Opotiki - Kawerau > Puketapu Lookout and Papaka Redoubt
Puketapu Lookout and Papaka Redoubt
- Location
- Access to both tracks is at the intersection of Seaview and Hillcrest roads, above the town centre.
- Description
- The Puketapu Lookout was once an ancient Maori fortification and it now provides superb views of the town, river, sea and offshore islands and the Rangitaiki Plains. The Papaka Redoubt is also the site of an ancient Maori fortification. Here the Armed Constabulary built a stronghold to protect the town after it had been raided by Te Kooti in 1869.
- Level
- Easy
- Amenities
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- Historical
- Source
- www.whakatane.com
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