Manukau Heads Maori Carvings

The Manukau Heads Maori Carvings are located at the southern head of the Manukau Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The southern head is situated at the northern tip of the Awhitu Peninsula, while the northern head is named Burnett Head. Both heads are hilly areas of land that rise steeply from the water to over 240m within less than 400m of the shoreline. In pre-European times, the west coast of the Awhitu Peninsula was the site of Paorae, a flat sand dune land which was a major kumara (sweet po