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Maraetai
Maraetai is a coastal town to the east of Auckland in New Zealand, on the Pōhutukawa Coast. Part of the traditional rohe of Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki, the area developed into a coastal holiday community in the early 20th Century. Geography Maraetai is located adjacent to the Tāmaki Strait, in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 24 kilometres east of the Auckland City Centre. Maraetai has a number of bays and beaches, including Omana Beach, Te Pene Beach, Ohinerangi Beach, Waiomanu Beach and Magazine Bay. The closest town, Beachlands, New Zealand, Beachlands, lies approximately 4 kilometres to the west. History Māori history The Pōhutukawa Coast was visited by the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'' migratory waka around the year 1300. Tainui followers of Manawatere, who identified as Ngā Oho, decided to settle the area between the Pōhutukawa Coast and Tūwakamana (Cockle Bay, New Zealand, Cockle Bay). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, the tangata whenua, mana whenua of the area, descend from these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pōhutukawa Coast
The Pōhutukawa Coast is an area of the Auckland Region in New Zealand. The area covers townships south of the Tāmaki Strait: Whitford, New Zealand, Whitford, Beachlands, New Zealand, Beachlands, Maraetai and Umupuia Beach, Umupuia. The area was traditionally known as Maraetai, and is within the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. In the 1920s, seasonal holiday communities developed in the area, which became permanent residential towns by the 1950s. Definition and etymology The Pōhutukawa Coast includes the towns of Whitford, New Zealand, Whitford, Beachlands, New Zealand, Beachlands, Maraetai and Umupuia Beach, Umupuia, and includes the Whakakaiwhara Peninsula, the location of Duder Regional Park. Kawakawa Bay is occasionally included in the definition, and sometimes locations as far as the Firth of Thames, such as Ōrere Point and Tāpapakanga Regional Park. One of the earliest uses of the name Pōhutukawa Coast was when the Maraetai community newsletter, the Town Crier, rebran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beachlands, New Zealand
Beachlands is an outer suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, established in the 1920s, where development increased in the 1950s due to its popularity as a beach holiday destination. It is located on the Pōhutukawa Coast and in close proximity to Maraetai. Geography Beachlands is located adjacent to the Tāmaki Strait, in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 20 kilometres east of the Auckland City Centre. Beachlands has a number of bays and beaches, including Sunkist Bay, Pohutukawa Bay, View Bay and Shelly Bay, and is west of the Ōmana Regional Park. History Māori history The Pōhutukawa Coast was visited by the ''Tainui'' migratory waka around the year 1300. Tainui followers of Manawatere, who identified as Ngā Oho, decided to settle the area between the Pōhutukawa Coast and Tūwakamana ( Cockle Bay). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is a Māori people, Māori tribe that is based in the area around Clevedon, New Zealand, Clevedon, part of the Auckland region (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magazine Bay
Magazine Bay is a bay in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the east of Maraetai. Description Magazine Bay is a bay located on the Pōhukukawa Coast, close to the town of Maraetai. The bay is directly to the east of Waiomanu Beach. Magazine Bay looks out towards the Tāmaki Strait, Waiheke Island and Ponui Island. History The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for the bay is Kakaremea. The headland to the north of the bay was the location of a pā called Te Aute. Kakaremea was a part of the lands gifted by the chief Te Whatatau to the followers of his wife Te Raukohekohe in the late 1600s. A karaka tree associated with the death of Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa ancestor Māhia is located at the bay. In 1850, a gold mine was established on the hill behind Magazine Bay. The mine operated for ten years and found very little gold, but left significant piles of clay. From 1899 to 1907, a brickworks operated at the site, using the clay from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tāmaki Strait
The Tāmaki Strait is an area of the Hauraki Gulf in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. The strait is east of the Waitematā Harbour, and is located between Waiheke Island, East Auckland and the Pōhutukawa Coast. The area is sometimes referred to as ''The Back Paddock'' by sailors. Geography The Tāmaki Strait is located to the east of Auckland, south of Waiheke Island and north of the Pōhutukawa Coast. During the Last Glacial Maximum (known locally as the Ōtira Glaciation), the area was primarily a flat river valley, until between 12,000 and 7,000 years ago when sea levels rose. The westernmost points of the strait are Rangitoto Island and Achilles Point, and the easternmost are Ponui Island and Raukura Point. Within the strait is Te Matuku Marine Reserve, on the south-eastern coast of Waiheke Island. The strait is shallow, with the majority of the area being within 10 metres under sea-level. History The Tāmaki Strait was one of the locations visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Fairburn
William Thomas Fairburn (3 September 1795 – 10 January 1859) was a carpenter and a lay preacher or catechist for the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.) in the early days of European settlement of New Zealand. Early life He was born in England in 1795, and married Sarah Tuckwell on 12 April 1819 in St Johns Church of England, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia. Missionary work in New Zealand He and Sarah sailed on the brig ''General Gates'' to New Zealand on 27 July 1819, accompanying Samuel Marsden on his second visit to New Zealand. In 1823, Marsden sailed on the ''Brampton'' on his fourth visit, bringing with him Henry Williams and his wife Marianne as well as Richard Davis and William Fairburn, and their respective families. In October 1833 he went with John Alexander Wilson, James Preece and John Morgan to establish a mission station at Puriri on the Waihou River. In 1835, Te Waharoa, the leader of the Ngāti Hauā ''iwi'' (Māori tribe) of the Matamata region, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockle Bay, New Zealand
Cockle Bay is a suburb of East Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick local board, one of the 21 administrative divisions of Auckland. Geography Cockle Bay is located on the eastern edges of metropolitan East Auckland, along the Hauraki Gulf coast. The bay itself is located to the east of the suburb, and looks out towards the Tāmaki Strait, Motukaraka Island and Beachlands, New Zealand, Beachlands. History The Cockle Bay area is part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who descend from the crew of the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'' migratory waka, who visited the area around the year 1300. The traditional name for the bay and surrounding area is Tūwakamana, a shortened version of Te Tūranga-waka-ā-Manawatere. The name recalls the story of the arrival of the ''Tainui''. When the crew arrived, they noticed that Tainui ancestor Manawatere had recently visited the bay, and left a red ochre marking on a Metrosideros excelsa, pōhutukawa tree, as a sign that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Region
Auckland () is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, which takes its name from the eponymous urban areas of New Zealand, urban area. The region encompasses the Auckland, Auckland metropolitan area, smaller towns, rural areas, and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Containing percent of the nation's residents, it has by far the largest population and economy of any region of New Zealand, but the second-smallest land area. On 1 November 2010, the Auckland region became a unitary authority administered by the Auckland Council, replacing the previous regional council and seven local councils. In the process, an area in its southeastern corner was transferred to the neighbouring Waikato region. Since then, the Auckland Council has introduced a system of local boards to divide the region for local government. Geography On the mainland, the region extends from the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in the north across the southern stretches of the Northland Peninsula, through the Waitā ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is a Māori people, Māori tribe that is based in the area around Clevedon, New Zealand, Clevedon, part of the Auckland region (''Tāmaki'' in the Māori language). It is one of the twelve members of the Hauraki Collective of tribes. The founding ancestors of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki came to New Zealand in the ''Tainui (canoe), Tainui'' migration canoe and left it when it was dragged across Portages of New Zealand#Te Tō Waka, Te Tō Waka, the portage from the Tāmaki River to the Manukau Harbour. Their descendants occupied parts of the Hauraki Gulf, including east Auckland as far inland as Ōtara, and Maungarei, as well as Clevedon, Maraetai and Howick, New Zealand, Howick. Te Irirangi Drive, a major highway in Manukau City, is named after one of their ''rangatira'' (chiefs), Tara Te Irirangi. Ngāi Tai has a marae at Umupuia Beach, between Maraetai and Clevedon. They also use the Ngāti Tamaoho marae at Karaka, New Zealand, Karaka. In 2015 the Crown sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the List of cities in New Zealand, most populous city of New Zealand and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth-largest city in Oceania. The city lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, the Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 volcanic centres that make up the Auckland Volcanic Field. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Zeldisl, J. R. et al. (1995) Salp grazing: effects on phytoplankton abundance, vertical distribution and taxonomic composition in a coastal habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 126, p 267-283 and lies between, in anticlockwise order, the , the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula, and |
Franklin Local Board
The Franklin Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is overseen by the Franklin ward councillor. The Franklin Local Board area spans the full width of the North Island, from the Hauraki Gulf to the Manukau Harbour. It includes the Hunua Ranges. Angela Fulljames is the current chair of the board. Geography The area spans from the Hauraki Gulf in the east to the Manukau Harbour and Tasman Sea in the west. The forests of the Hunua Ranges and the southern and western shores of the Manukau Harbour provide a habitat for a range of wildlife, including birds. Franklin includes the townships of Pukekohe, Waiuku and Beachlands, as well as Awhitu Peninsula, Karaka, Ardmore, Clevedon, Whitford, Maraetai Maraetai is a coastal town to the east of Auckland in New Zealand, on the Pōhutukawa Coast. Part of the traditional rohe of Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki, the area developed into a coastal holiday community in the early 20th Century. Geography Maraet ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
