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Monday, 21 October 2013

Te Ara 2



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? The river flows from Mangere east to a tidal estuary on the Waitemata.


What was the link used by Maori called?
The link is called Otahuhu portage to the Manukau .


What two bodies of water does it join?
The two bodies are Manukau and the Waitemata harbour


What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?
It is a sandspit


What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?
It is called Half moon bay


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


When was the current bridge built?
It was built in 1959

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