As Tāmaki Makaurau prepared for its fourth lockdown, archaeologists from Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira were already isolating out on Ōtata Island. They were there to gather more information from the eroding midden located on the Main beach. Back in…
Hannah Smith was the recipient of a Summer Student Internship with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. Hannah has written this blog about her experience. The Noises Islands sit just 24km North-East of Auckland and are a prime example…
An area of the seafloor around Ōtata used to be densely covered with scallops (tupa or kuakua in te reo) along with horse mussels, dog cockles, sponges, and rhodolith beds. Despite having a scallop fishing season whose purpose is to…