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The island is the namesake of the Waitematā Harbour, which literally means "Waters of Te Mata". [5] The name refers to Te Arawa chief Kahumatamomoe, who when visiting the harbour placed a mauri stone (a stone of religious significance) on Boat Rock. [5] The name Waitematā originally only referred to the upper harbour area near Boat Rock. [6]
The harbour is a drowned valley system that was carved through Miocene marine sediments of the Waitemata Group. Recent volcanism in the Auckland volcanic field has also shaped the coast, most obviously at Devonport and the Meola Reef (a lava flow which almost spans the harbour), but also in the explosion craters of Orakei Basin and in western ...
The Upper Waitematā Harbour is the namesake of the Upper Harbour local government area, which was established in 2010, and the Upper Harbour parliamentary electorate, which was established in 2014. In 2007, the Upper Harbour Motorway was opened, creating a motorway connection between West Auckland and the North Shore via Greenhithe. [26]
The sand, mudflats, mangroves and saltmarsh of Te Matuku Bay provides a habitat for eel grass, sea snails, cockles, crabs and worms, including colonies of spiny tubeworm (Pomatoceros caeruleus) that also used to be common in the inner Waitemata Harbour. During low tide, the bay almost dries out, allowing wading birds to hunt for these animals.
Meola Reef, or Te Tokaroa in Māori ('toka'='rock', 'roa'='long'), [1] is a lava flow forming a reef peninsula across part of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand. The reef extends for over 2 kilometres across the harbour, to within 500 metres of Kauri Point on the northern shore. [2] [3]
A coastal storm has been lurking off the East Coast of the United States for five days, contributing to persistent coastal flooding, rip currents and rough surf from North Carolina to Maine.
The port is located up-harbour from the Harbour Bridge, thus enforcing a large central span (243.8 m) and height (43.27 m at high tide). One of the footpaths leading through the grounds Architectural and cultural impact
Commercial Bay (Māori: Onepanea) was a historic bay on the southern side of the Waitematā Harbour that defined the original extent of the Auckland waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand. Today, the name Commercial Bay refers to the heavily developed area around lower Queen Street and Viaduct Harbour.