Mr R. J. Barton, who applied to the Scenery Preservation Board on behalf of the Whakataki Natives-to have Wharepouri s mark on' Whakataki beach protected, has received a reply from the board to the effect that the spot is not considered of sufficient historical interest to justify its protection. Wharepouri’s mark in the sandstone pillar was erected in 1842 to signify Deace between the Mokau Natives, who were then in possession of Wellington, and who hal invaded Wairarapa, and the tribbs of the East Coast, who had been driven to seek the piotection of the Hawke’s Bay tribes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 17
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