Tuturau Battle Field (Southland) Multi-Cache
Takua: Since the owner of the cache hasn't contacted me, I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wants to reinstate this cache, they should contact the reviewer that first published the cache.
Tuturau Battle Field (Southland)
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Cache is located at a lookout above Mataura, and is a 35mm film canister.
Canister contains instructions on how to find the real cache. The second cache is a clear 500ml container which is not visible at any distance.
Travel too the second cache by vehicle.
History:
Te Puoho of the Ngati Tama tribe (Nelson)traveled down the west coast and across the Haast pass to capture the lands of Murihiku at Tuturau, and were successful.
Chief Tuhawaiki from Ruapuki Island heard of this and set off to defeat Te Puoho.
In December 1836 at Tuturau, Tuhawaiki slain Te Puoho and captured his men in-slaving them.
Its a 10 minute walk up to the monument from the car park.
When hidden the second cache contained,
Pencil, note book, pencil sharpener
TB James Tiberious II
McDonalds spinning top
Toy car
Vegemite
Barbie nail polish
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[First Stage] ng gur onfr bs ebnq znexre wnzzrq va srapr
[Second Stage] haqre Oebnqyrns gerr yrsg bs fgvyr.