Room 2 has been learning about the history of Waikawa Bay.   Waikawa Bay is in Picton, New Zealand and was home to Maori tribes such as the Ngatimamoe who once owned Karaka Point.

Ngatimamoe built forts and threw rocks off the cliff to defend the pa from raiding tribes. 

Karaka point was used to protect the Ngatimamoe in war time.  In 1850 the New Zealand government bought Waitohi from Ropoama, so he moved his people to Waikawa, typhoid killed most of his people.  In 1920 Waikawa Pa School was burnt to the ground by an arsinist.   During World War 2 in Waikawa Bay was well protected from the enemy by Navy, Army and Air Force because Queen Charlotte Sound had an air craft hanger and two war ships.  Today Waikawa has changed a lot.