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Wainui Bay in Golden Bay, NZ marks the beginning of the Abel Tasman Track. Just a short walk from Wainui Bay is Taupo Point. This was the pa site of the Tumatakokiri tribe whose warriors were thought to have killed 4 of Abel Tasman’s men in 1642. The pits, hollows and terraces of the Maori pa still remain. In 1978 the surrounding hills were ravaged by fire, but Taupo Point was spared. Consequently there is an interesting and diverse flora clinging to this fertile limestone outcrop.