Te Onekiritea Point

Thirteen perfectly uniform brick buildings tucked away behind tunnels punctuate the perimeter of Te Onekiritea, once the site of New Zealand’s largest Air Force explosives depot. The area is now officially known as Te Onekiritea Point following a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with Te Kawerau a Maki. The name speaks to the area’s history as the site of a kāinga (Maori village) and the source of the white clay, which Māori used for pigments. Te Onekiritea Point is public, open space, complete with a fenced dog park.