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Tāmaki is a small suburb of East Auckland, 11 kilometres from the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located by the banks of the estuarial Tāmaki River , which is a southern arm of the Hauraki Gulf .
In addition to the members of the Tāmaki Collective, a number of iwi have a presence within Tāmaki Makaurau: Ngāti Awa ki Tāmaki Makaurau, based at Mātaatua Marae and Awanuiarangi Wharenui, at Māngere. [7] Ngāti Manuhiri in Rodney, the Hibiscus Coast and the northern Hauraki Gulf. [8] Ngātiwai on Aotea / Great Barrier Island. [9]
The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography. [14] There are various theories of the origin of the name "Tāmaki", which is also used to refer to an eastern suburb of Auckland.
Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate), in Auckland; East Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the east of the Tamaki River; Tāmaki River, in Auckland; Tāmaki Strait, between Waiheke Island and the North Island; Tāmaki isthmus, the location of the Auckland CBD and central suburbs; Tāmaki Makaurau, or just Tāmaki, the Māori name for Auckland
Māori people settled the Auckland isthmus around 1350, calling it Tāmaki or Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography. [1] The narrow isthmus was a strategic location with its two harbours providing access to the sea on both the west and east coasts.
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines. These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines, which are also used as identifiers in common parlance. [1] * denotes an endonym, i.e., a name from the area's indigenous ...
Tāmaki Makaurau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate covers central and southern Auckland, and southern parts of western Auckland. It was first formed for the 2002 election. Tāmaki Makaurau is a Māori-language name for Auckland.
The Ōwairaka / Mount Albert main entrance sign. In the 2014 Treaty of Waitangi settlement between the Crown and the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau collective of 13 Auckland iwi and hapū (also known as the Tāmaki Collective), ownership of the 14 Tūpuna Maunga of Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland was vested to the collective.