Paroa Peninsula has two historically significant pā located on it, Kahuwera and Paroa.

Kahuwera pā on the Paroa Peninsula is a defended headland pā that features strongly in the historically significant Bay of Islands.

The site of Okiato in the Bay of Islands was the home of New Zealand’s first capital from 1840-1841 and an important site in New Zealand’s early formational period.

Tapeka Pā is located on top of a steep coastal headland and has some of the most extensive earthworks in the Bay of Islands. Find out why Tapeka Point is known as 'Lovers Leap'.

Before Flagstaff Hill was used for the flagpole it was occupied by Māori. The hill had a turbulent past with the first four erected flagstaff's cut down in protest.

Waitata Point Historic Reserve has a coastal battery that operated between 1943-44. The construction of the two-gun emplacements makes them unique to New Zealand’s military defence structures.