Pouērua

Pouērua is a high basaltic scoria cone, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. It is in the locality of Pakaraka and was the site of a pā that was studied during a major archeological project in the 1980s. Pouērua is registered with the Historic Places Trust as a traditional site.

Culture

The last Māori who occupied Pouērua were the Ngāti Rāhiri subtribe of Ngāpuhi. They left in about 1860.
According to the Historic Places Trust, Pouērua is considered the origin and the watershed or pou of the two tribal areas of Ngāpuhi, at the Hokianga in the west and Taumarere in the east.