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History of Kaiapoi Pa

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  • Ti Kouka Whenua - Christchurch City Libraries

Sources

  • Evison, Harry. Te Wai Pounamu, the greenstone island: a history of the southern Maori during the European colonization of New Zealand 1997. pp. 52-60, 469.
  • Hawkins, D N. Beyond the Waimakariri: A Regional History 1957. pp. 2-7.
  • Wood, Pauline. Kaiapoi: A Search for Identity 1993. pp. 2-5.
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