Investigations into what might bo an interesting relic of the early Maori days may shortly be made in New Plymouth, where it is proposed to examine tunnels in the bank of the Tehcnui River below the site of the old pa abandoned before the coming of the white man. The mysterious galleries are now known as the home of countless glow worms. It is suggested that they served important strategic purposes. The tunnels have been cut through gravel formation, the marks of tools being clearly visible. They lie half-way up a elitl face overlooking the river and are six in number, ranging from two very small ones to a large one, which branches into sub-passages covered by glow worms and cobwebs.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 2
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