Moa Park Shelter
The place
Moa Park Shelter in the Nelson-Tasman region, Golden Bay/Motueka sector (interior Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand), at 1006 m altitude, Moa Park summit. Continuous New Zealand Nelson cluster (batches 240-375). DOC shelter in interior bush (Moa, Dinornis genus of giant NZ birds, extinct around 1400 AD, Māori arrival 400 years earlier + Abel Tasman NP 225 km², established 1942, iconic coastline + Abel Tasman Coast Track 60 km Great Walk, 3rd longest in NZ + heritage of Ngāti Rārua/Ngāti Tama (Māori iwi, northern South Island, 3500, confederation 1830, Te Rauparaha musket wars + Ngāti Rārua Claims Settlement 2014, heritage co-managed, Waitangi Tribunal + Ngāti Tama Claims Settlement 2003, Rangatira voice, heritage).
The setting
Nelson-Tasman Golden Bay/Motueka Abel Tasman NP interior South Island NZ 1006 m Moa Park summit, continuous cluster batches 240-375, DOC shelter interior bush + Moa Dinornis extinct 1400 AD Māori 400 years earlier + Abel Tasman NP 225 km² 1942 coastline + AT Coast Track 60 km Great Walk 3rd NZ, Ngāti Rārua/Ngāti Tama northern South Island 3500 confederation 1830 Te Rauparaha muskets + Rārua Settlement 2014 Waitangi + Tama Settlement 2003 Rangatira.
