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Te Ara 1

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

1. Waitemata Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki River.

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia.

Use our skimming and scanning skills.

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Waitemata into the search box and use that page to answer these questions.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour? The Waitematā Harbour is a drowned river valley

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital? Hobson’s choice of a site for New Zealand's capital in 1840

What does Waitemata mean? OBsidian water’s

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:

Auckland’s chief port -  Has been an annual boating area event in Auckland since 1972, when the Auckland boating

Viaduct basin - Situated at the bottom end of central Auckland, just a couple of blocks from Queen Street, is the Viaduct Harbor, also called the Viaduct Basin.

Westhaven -In Auckland, New Zealand, is the largest yacht marina in the Southern Hemisphere.

Harbour bridge - the Harbour Bridge is Common types of bridges include beam bridges, arch bridges, suspension bridges, cantilever bridges, truss bridges, and cable-stayed bridges.

Greenhithe bridge - The original bridge was built in the 1970s. This proved insufficient for modern traffic demands of over 27,000 vehicles per day (soon to be up to 35,000 vehicles per day with

Natural features - Like solids and liquids, gas is a common state of matter.

Te Ara 2

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 Mangere 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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