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Papamoa Hills Regional Park

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Papamoa Hills Regional Park

Papamoa Hills Regional Park in the Bay of Plenty, opened in 2004, was the first regional park outside the Auckland and Wellington regions. The park contains a large number of early Māori sites, with ditches and middens (rubbish heaps), as well as terracing on the hills.

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Kerryn Pollock, City parks and green spaces – Regional parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20575/papamoa-hills-regional-park (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 26 February 2010.