cid:media:articles 2012-05-17T13:00:14Z Tourism New Zealand http://www.newzealand.com/travel/images/core/icon-fern.gif http://www.newzealand.com/travel/images/core/footer_logo_purenz.gif The Himatangi sand dunes were once an important gathering place for Maori who regularly visited the area to fish and collect shellfish. The middens (piles of shells) they left behind provide a fascinating record of what the area used to look like.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.newzealand.com/~ff/media/articles?a=vbsOCQxXlIQ:STy17kKKlv0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/media/articles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/media/articles/~4/vbsOCQxXlIQ" height="1" width="1"/> urn:UUID:00581F54-7CC3-45BD-9C5F-EE37B155F9E3 2003-08-17T12:00:00Z 2010-02-22T04:16:34Z http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/maori-culture/nature_himatangi_storyangle.cfm?rss=cid:media:articles