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about their knowledge of the island. With the discovery of Nōti
Raureka, a Ngāi Tahu party under the leadership of Te Rakitāmau crossed into the West Coast, causing relations between the two iwi to erupt into open conflict. Fighting continued for roughly three to four generations, with Ngāi Tahu eventually taking control of the West Coast and the associated pounamu trade.
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along with the route described by
Raureka, with the Māori name for the pass – Nōti Raureka – being named in her honour. At this point, relations between Ngāi Tahu and Kāti Wairaki were tense, owing to a breakdown of discussions during previous Ngāi Tahu attempts to meet with Kāti Wairaki to learn
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European surveyors who crossed the pass in 1865 drew lots to determine which of them the summit lake should be named after; Robert
Browning was the winner. In 1998, the name was officially changed to the current dual name of Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka as part of the
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to identify traditional Māori routes across the
Southern Alps found only one elderly man who had travelled the route himself, with all other knowledge coming from oral histories of the route. The elderly man sketched landmarks of the route, however, including
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with a supply of fresh meat from
Canterbury farms. As commerce between the coasts progressed, there were calls to develop the route into a road over the pass. However, as other routes were developed (such as the nearby
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adze when compared to tools used by local Māori and described the route by which she arrived on the eastern side of the island. This prompted further exploration of the region at the head of the
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By the time of
European settlement, the route over Nōti Raureka had mostly fallen into disuse in favour of other, safer routes. An effort during the 1860s by the Reverend Canon
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on the western side of the pass and a cave near its base. Shortly after Stack's work, a track for stock driving was created over the pass in order to supply the
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which had settled on the West Coast. The woman, Raureka, arrived in what is now South
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Browning Pass / Nōti
Raureka is located on the main divide of the Southern Alps, roughly 18 km (11 mi) due west from the town of
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182:New Zealand
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110:171°20′40″E
97:Coordinates
1468:Categories
1363:Tuke River
1318:Styx River
1288:Ship Creek
1143:Lord River
1103:Hope River
1078:Hall River
1063:Gunn River
1048:Fork River
958:Barn River
886:Silberhorn
866:La Perouse
739:Lake Gault
551:Haast Pass
297:References
291:Styx River
259:settlement
190:West Coast
107:42°57′00″S
78:Canterbury
1053:Fox River
819:Mountains
724:Abel Lake
677:Abut Head
670:Headlands
567:Bruce Bay
315:NZTopoMap
293:instead.
265:Geography
218:Ngāi Tahu
188:with the
176:, on the
57:Elevation
624:Glaciers
210:Taranaki
74:Location
701:Islands
477:20 July
222:pounamu
212:-based
926:Rivers
202:Māori
168:is a
85:Range
34:Māori
560:Bays
479:2022
450:2020
424:2020
399:2020
352:2020
322:2020
214:Iwi
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