Boar Inn
The place
Boar Inn in the Wellington region, Wainuiomata/Eastbourne area (Rimutaka Forest Park Southeast Wellington, North Island, New Zealand), at 114 m elevation, southern Rimutaka slope. Continuous New Zealand Wellington cluster (batches 240-396). Private tramping-club hut (Boar Inn, named for wild boar hunting — Sus scrofa introduced by Cook in 1773 on the 3rd voyage of HMS Resolution, feral pigs a destructive epidemic in NZ bush) + Rimutaka Forest Park 220 km² established 1972 + Wellington 400,000 residents, political capital of NZ since 1865 + Wairarapa Fault plate boundary + heritage of the Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa (Māori iwi of the Kāpiti-Wellington area, 5,000 Muaūpoko + 8,000 Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Rauparaha 1770-1849 the "Napoleon of NZ" + the Wairau Affray of 17 June 1843, 22 UK dead vs Ngāti Toa near Blenheim, a politically divisive land dispute + Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 February 1840, 1st signing + Wellington capital since 1865, centrally located).
The setting
Wellington Wainuiomata/Eastbourne Rimutaka Forest Park SE Wellington NZ 114 m southern Rimutaka slope, continuous cluster batches 240-396, private tramping-club hut Boar Inn wild boar hunting Sus scrofa Cook 1773 3rd voyage Resolution feral destructive + Rimutaka FP 220 km² 1972 + Wellington 400,000 capital since 1865 + Wairarapa Fault, Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa Kāpiti-Wellington 5,000 Muaūpoko + Ngāti Toa 8,000 Te Rauparaha 1770-1849 "Napoleon of NZ" + Wairau Affray 17 June 1843 22 UK dead Blenheim + Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 + Wellington capital since 1865.
