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Arapaki Manners (CBD) will close early at 5.00pm today, Friday 20 September, due to staff availability. The library will be open again on Monday.

Pipitea Pā - Pipitea Pā

Map of Pipitea Pā

This Pipitea Pā Map (Pipitea Pa, Wellington - Map C.1. No 1.) appeared in the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives in 1871 (p. 56), showing all the Pipitea pā properties together with grantees.

Thank you to Council's Information Technology mapping team for preparing this overlay which shows the map compared to properties, land and streets today, together with the extent of reclamation.

Pipitea Pā, Wellington - Map C.1. No 1. showing all the Pipitea pā properties together with grantees.

Pipitea Pā, Wellington - Map C.1. No 1. showing all the Pipitea pā properties together with grantees.

Court-yard in Pipitea Pā at Wellington

This drawing, titled 'Court-yard in Pipitea Pā at Wellington', was drawn in 1842 by Captain William Mein Smith. A copy is featured on the cover of our publication Nga Tupuna o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Court-yard in Pipitea Pā at Wellington, by William Mein Smith, 1842.

Court-yard in Pipitea Pā at Wellington, by William Mein Smith, 1842.