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Monday, 21 October 2013

The Tamaki River


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?
It flows from mangere east to estuary on the waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called?
otahuhu  portage.

What two bodies of water does it join?
Waitemata , Manukau

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?
Sandspit.

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?
HalfMoon bay.

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?
It was built in 1866.

When was the current bridge built?
it was built in 1959.

Paste a copy of the painting of the first bridge here (and delete this instruction)




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