Wakatehāua Island

	Wakatehāua Island Wakatehāua Island is a very small island, beside Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach, one of only two Northland west coast islands (the other being Matapia Island, further up the beach). As the island looked like a canoe, it was given the name Te Waka e Haua. The area may have been populated from the 14th century. Senecio repangae grows on the island. In 1935 tree stumps were exposed, which it was suggested showed evidence that the island had been part of the mainland until they were covered by sand. The island was being used for camping in 1935. In 1936 the Ministry of Works blasted some rocks to allow driving along the beach by the island at most states of tide. See also * List of islands of New Zealand New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of Zealandia, a larger land mass now beneath the sea. New Zealand is the List of island countries#UN member states and states with limited recognition, sixth-largest island ... References {{r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach Deed Of Settlement, Ngati Kuri and the Crown. Retrieved 10 February 2014 is on the western coast of the Far North District, far north of the North Island of New Zealand. The beach is actually long. Its southern end is close to the headland of Tauroa Point (Reef Point), to the west of Ahipara Bay, near Kaitaia. From there it sweeps briefly northeast before running northwest along the Aupōuri Peninsula for the majority of its length. It ends at Tiriparepa / Scott Point, south of Cape Maria van Diemen and about south of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua. The beach is officially a public highway and is used as an alternative to State Highway 1 (New Zealand), State Highway 1 north of Kaitaia, though mainly for tourist trips, or when the main road is clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach Deed Of Settlement, Ngati Kuri and the Crown. Retrieved 10 February 2014 is on the western coast of the Far North District, far north of the North Island of New Zealand . The beach is actually long. Its southern end is close to the headland of Tauroa Point (Reef Point), to the west of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Matapia Island Matapia Island is the official name of a small island off Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē, Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach. The name translates as 'like a face, with a hole in it'. Until 1936 it was known as Motupia. It is off the beach and about south of Te Paki Sand Dunes#Geography, Te Paki Stream mouth. Geology A sea arch is eroded into steeply dipping Conglomerate (geology), conglomerate and sandstone of Matapia Formation, which is a poor to moderately bedded conglomerate with a pebbly and bouldery sandstone, about 18 million years old, which originated with the Stratigraphy of New Zealand#Cover sequence (Zealandia Megasequence), Houhora Volcanic Group and other volcanic rocks. A solid rocky platform surrounds the island. Wildlife Matapia Island is an ecologically significant island. It is one of only two Northland Region, Northland west coast islands (the other being Wakatehāua Island, further down the beach) and has unique terrestrial and marine habitats, including the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]