A Place of Significance
Learn about the different meanings behind the name given to the area which is now known to many as Featherston. Pae tū Mōkai o Tauira is a place of significance — and not only because Kupe explored the valley with his pet dog, named Tauira.
Map excerpt from the 1891 report by native reserves commissioner Alexander Mackay on Claims of Natives to Wairarapa Lakes and Adjacent Lands. Image courtesy of Bryan Foss Leach.
