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 History  As I said before the park takes its name from the well preserved ring ditch pa, O-Manawatere (the dwelling place of Manawatere). Ngai Tai tradition records that this ancestor travelled from hi pacific homeland not by canoe, but by gliding over the water.

By the way in the 1840's European settlers were clearing and farming the land in the area.

Kauri felled in the Maraetai hills behind Omana was hauled by bullock teams down to the sea and then floated to mills in Auckland.

WILD LIFE Omana's forest is home to native birds such as fantails (pikakawaka), grey warblers (rio rio), tui and native pigeon (kereu). Pukeko, spur winged plover and paradise shelducks (putangitangi) roam around the farmed park of the area of the park.

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