Using Te Ara

1. Waitemata Harbour

L.I.    Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki River.

    Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia.

    Use our skimming and scanning skills.

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Waitemata into the search box and use that page to answer these questions.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour?  It is the waitemata River

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital? because of it’s deep waters

What does Waitemata mean?obsidian waters

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the

Waitemata:Its beautiful

Auckland’s chief port -The chief port was virtual to the place and region

Viaduct basin -The site of the old fishing harbour,was redeveloped in the 1990’s to 2003.

Westhaven -Other marinas have been constructed around the harbour. On Auckland Anniversary Day each year the Auckland Regatta (the largest one-day regatta in the world) fills the harbour with sails.

Harbour bridge -The Auckland Harbour Bridge (1,020 m long) was opened in 1959 to link the Auckland isthmus with the north.

Greenhithe bridge -The Greenhithe Bridge was built in 1975 as an alternative harbour

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