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Port of Onehunga
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Port of Auckland.
Port of Onehunga
There was a smaller second port at Onehunga on the Manukau Harbour, on the southern side of the Auckland isthmus. While it is much closer to the industrial areas of South Auckland, the access via the shallow entrance of Manukau Harbour, and the smaller facilities, made it much less significant than the main port. It was used mostly for coastal shipping within New Zealand. The port, despite being 100 nautical miles closer to Sydney and 200 nautical miles closer to Wellington, was never able to be developed to the same extent as the Waitematā Harbour ports, due to the extensive sand bars at the mouth of the Manukau Harbour. Shipping of cement to Onehunga from Westport ceased in mid-2016.