Unemployed relief workers engaged at Turuturu-Alokai reserve on the reconstruction of the ancient Maori fortifications stumbled across a subterranean passage, which, it is believed, has some important bearing on the original construction of the pa. The passage gives access to the plateau from the top trench or last line of defence, and proves beyond doubt the location of the main entrance. On the plateau is a series of pits, and it is believed that when whares were erected over them they were connected by underground passages which merged into one main arterial right-of-way to the top trench. The discovery has been sealed until such time as it can be properly explored.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 16
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111Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 16
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