54:
I obtained from Maori sources a story to the effect that, in the time of Te Ao-haere-tahi, who flourished eighteen generations ago, a violent earthquake-shock so lifted these lands that the Awa-a-Taia channel became dry, and Motu-kairangi a part of the mainland. We have no means of verifying such
55:
oral traditions, but it may be correct, and the shock may have been the cause of the raised beaches that form so marked and interesting a feature of the adjacent coast-line. The earthquake referred to, if it occurred in the time of Te Ao-haere-tahi, must have occurred in the fifteenth century.
67:
is pushed under the
Australian plate. The later of these earthquakes happened between 1430 and 1480 AD and could be the Haowhenua earthquake of MÄori oral history, which described land uplift in Wellington. The earthquake probably also caused a
46:. The present entrance to Wellington Harbour was called Te Au-a-Tane and the western channel (now the Rongotai isthmus) was called Te-Awa-a-Taia. Between the two channels sat the island of Motu-Kairangi (present day
76:, and other research links evidence of a huge tsunami around 1450 AD with the Haowhenua earthquake. Shells and a boulder beach found above current sea level around the Miramar Peninsula and around
180:
99:"Miramar Island and its History: How Motu-kairangi was discovered and settled by Polynesians, and how, in Times long past, it became Miramar Peninsula"
72:: tsunami deposits dating from the 15th century have been found at many locations around the top of the South Island and up to Okupe Lagoon on
217:
191:
218:"Excavation Of A Shell Midden At Turakirae Head, Near Wellington, And A Date For The Haowhenua Earthquake Of Maori Tradition"
253:
258:
124:
42:
recounted MÄori stories handed down through generations about early settlement in
Wellington and the uplifting of
27:
for 'land swallower') earthquake was a large earthquake that occurred around 1460 AD causing uplift to parts of
268:
98:
150:
263:
43:
8:
47:
225:
24:
60:
59:
A study published in 2015 showed evidence of two large earthquakes on the southern
77:
64:
247:
73:
39:
28:
80:
offer supporting evidence of a large earthquake in the 15th century.
181:"Earthquakes and uplift history of Miramar Peninsula, Wellington"
69:
103:
Transactions and
Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
151:"Catastrophic events in New Zealand coastal environments"
245:
148:
215:
178:
125:"Maori history link to megathrust quake"
179:Pillans, Brad; Huber, Phil (May 1992).
246:
122:
118:
116:
96:
13:
224:. pp. 253â256. Archived from
216:Moore, P R; McFadgen, B G (1978).
149:Goff, J R; Chague-Goff, C (2001).
14:
280:
222:Journal of the Polynesian Society
113:
109:: 779â791 – via Paperspast.
209:
172:
142:
90:
36:Miramar Island and its History
16:1460 earthquake in New Zealand
1:
83:
63:, the area where the Pacific
123:Daly, Michael (9 May 2015).
7:
10:
285:
254:Earthquakes in New Zealand
158:Department of Conservation
259:15th-century earthquakes
57:
269:History of Wellington
188:Earthquake Commission
97:Best, Elsdon (1923).
52:
197:on 24 February 2021
228:on 8 November 2022
50:). Elsdon stated:
48:Miramar Peninsula
34:In his 1923 work
276:
238:
237:
235:
233:
213:
207:
206:
204:
202:
196:
190:. Archived from
185:
176:
170:
169:
167:
165:
155:
146:
140:
139:
137:
135:
120:
111:
110:
94:
61:Hikurangi Margin
284:
283:
279:
278:
277:
275:
274:
273:
244:
243:
242:
241:
231:
229:
214:
210:
200:
198:
194:
183:
177:
173:
163:
161:
153:
147:
143:
133:
131:
121:
114:
95:
91:
86:
31:, New Zealand.
17:
12:
11:
5:
282:
272:
271:
266:
261:
256:
240:
239:
208:
171:
160:. pp. 6â7
141:
112:
88:
87:
85:
82:
78:Turakirae Head
65:tectonic plate
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
281:
270:
267:
265:
264:MÄori history
262:
260:
257:
255:
252:
251:
249:
227:
223:
219:
212:
193:
189:
182:
175:
159:
152:
145:
130:
126:
119:
117:
108:
104:
100:
93:
89:
81:
79:
75:
74:Kapiti Island
71:
66:
62:
56:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
32:
30:
26:
22:
230:. Retrieved
226:the original
221:
211:
199:. Retrieved
192:the original
187:
174:
162:. Retrieved
157:
144:
132:. Retrieved
128:
106:
102:
92:
58:
53:
35:
33:
20:
18:
164:11 December
40:Elsdon Best
248:Categories
232:9 December
201:9 December
134:9 December
84:References
29:Wellington
21:Haowhenua
70:tsunami
44:Miramar
195:(PDF)
184:(PDF)
154:(PDF)
129:Stuff
25:MÄori
234:2021
203:2021
166:2021
136:2021
19:The
250::
220:.
186:.
156:.
127:.
115:^
107:54
105:.
101:.
38:,
236:.
205:.
168:.
138:.
23:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.