Moturekareka Island is a small island off the southern edge of

Kawau Island Kawau Island is in the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. At its closest point it lies off the coast of the Northland Peninsula, just south of Tāwharanui Peninsula, and about ...

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

Hauraki Gulf The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2,Motuketekete Island Motuketekete Island is an uninhabited island in the northern Hauraki Gulf, off the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is separated from Moturekareka Island to the west by the Blanche Channel. History The island was purchased ...

by Blanche Channel. A full-rigged four-masted steel ship constructed in the English seaport of Whitehaven in Cumbria, and launched as the ''"Alice A.Leigh"'' in 1889, later changed into a four-masted barque and renamed the ''Rewa'', now forms an artificial breakwater on the northeastern side of the island. She was sunk intentionally by the island's owner Charles Hanson in 1930. The masts can still be seen laying in the water at the bow of the Rewa. When the Rewa was sunk the top deck was cut off her as the tide came in which is why she is cut on an angle.

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Islands of the Auckland Region Uninhabited islands of New Zealand {{Auckland-geo-stub