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Monday, 21 October 2013

Te Ara

Using Te Ara -
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
2. Tamaki River

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river
Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara
Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Eastern suburbs: Oraki  to the Tamaki estuary page to answer these questions.

Where does the river flow from and to? To Mangarei east to  tidal estuary on the Waitematā Habour

What was the link used by Maori called? Ōtāhuhu portage

What two bodies of water does it join? Waitemata Harbour and Manukau Harbour

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea? Its is  a sandpit

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river? Half moon bay

When was the first Panmure Bridge built? 1866

When was the current bridge built? 1959


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