These pits, which extend in a long line across a paddock behind Awhitu House, are believed to be borrow pits from which the Maori who lived at Taumutu before the arrival of the European took sand and gravel to create soils nearby suitable for growing kumara.
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Tu Tangata, Issue 35, 1 April 1987, Page 29
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46These pits, which extend in a long line across a paddock behind Awhitu House, are believed to be borrow pits from which the Maori who lived at Taumutu before the arrival of the European took sand and gravel to create soils nearby suitable for growing kumara. Tu Tangata, Issue 35, 1 April 1987, Page 29
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