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Queen Elizabeth Park is the last area of natural dunes on Kāpiti’s coastline.

Māori have been living here for hundreds of years and there were major settlements at Wainui and Whareroa until the late 19th century.

Though the land was covered in forest, the numerous waterways were once deep enough for waka (canoes) to be paddled from Paekākāriki to Waikanae.