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Tasman Bay (Māori: Te Tai-o-Aorere; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches along 120 kilometres (75 mi) of coastline and is 70 kilometres (43 mi) across at its ...
Evans Bay Marina is situated at the southern end of Evans Bay. It has four piers with walk-on access to 141 berths for boats between 6 and 20m long. [54] The marina is managed by Wellington City Council. [55] Wellington Volunteer Coastguard operates from a base at the marina. [56]
Pahi has become a launch point for houseboats and fishing. Matakohe has a museum which commemorates the kauri industry and the early Pākehā settlers. [25] Today, Dargaville is the principal centre in the Kaipara area. Its population levelled in the 1960s. It is the country's main kūmara (sweet potato) producer. [32]
The business was bought in 2012 by Te Arawa Group Holdings, a local Maori tribal business, from the Sewell/Leinhardt family, who had run it for 30 years. [ 5 ] New Zealand State Highway 38 begins at Waiotapu and runs south-east through Kaingaroa Forest to Murupara .
The oldest Māori name of the harbour was Te Whanga-nui o Toi (The Big Bay of Toi), named after Toi, an early Māori explorer. [ 2 ] The name Waitematā means "Te Mata Waters", [ 2 ] which according to some traditions refers to a mauri stone (a stone of Māori religious significance) called Te Mata, which was placed on Boat Rock (in the harbour ...
Wānaka (Māori pronunciation:) [2] is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. Wānaka is primarily a resort town with both summer and winter seasons. Its economy is ...
Mission Bay is a seaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb's beach is a popular resort, located alongside Tamaki Drive. [3] The area also has a wide range of eateries. Mission Bay is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, and east of the Waitematā Harbour, between Ōrākei and Kohimarama ...
Panorama of Matauri Bay. The Cavalli Islands are further to the left. View over the bay. Matauri Bay had a population of 303 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 6 people (−1.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 90 people (42.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 144 males and 159 females in 90 dwellings.