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|  ethnicity          = European
 
|  ethnicity          = European
 
|  site_type          = Harbour defences  
 
|  site_type          = Harbour defences  
|  where              = Mine Point - southern side of island.
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|  where              = North Shore - 30 minutes from the city centre. Walkable from the ferry at Devonport.
 
|  how_to_get_there    = Narrow Neck Beach then walk 300 m south along the cliff edge.
 
|  how_to_get_there    = Narrow Neck Beach then walk 300 m south along the cliff edge.
 
|  how_long_to_allow  = 1 Hr
 
|  how_long_to_allow  = 1 Hr

Revision as of 18:26, 11 December 2010

Fort Takapuna

SITE TO VISIT
Fort Takapuna
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Ethnicity: European
Site type: Harbour defences
Where: North Shore - 30 minutes from the city centre. Walkable from the ferry at Devonport.
How to get there: Narrow Neck Beach then walk 300 m south along the cliff edge.
How Long to allow: 1 Hr
Disclaimer

<googlemap lat="-36.814593" lon="174.806085" zoom="17"> -36.81516, 174.805763, Fort Takapuna </googlemap>

The Victorian bunkers

What:

Harbour fortifications built from the 19th century Russian scare to the second world war. Disappearing gun pits, tunnels to magazines. Good interpretation.

Web Info

http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=34054

4d Canvas have produced a virtual reality model of the defences - see http://www.4dcanvas.com/portfolio.html