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Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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?

drowned river valley.✔

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?

Lieutenant-Governor Hobson’s choice of a site for New Zealand’s capital in 1840. It has deep water and shouted bays✔

What does Waitemata mean?

Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978.         Obsidian glass.✔

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

Auckland’s chief port - The port of Auckland is a very large container and international trade port on the Waitemata Harbour,lying on the central and eastern Auckland waterfront (north of Auckland CBD).✔

Viaduct basin -  Viaduct basin is just one of the fantastic sites in Auckland, find super low rates only on agoda.

Westhaven -  The moa were eleven species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand

Harbour bridge - It is the second largest bridge in the north shore.✔

Greenhithe bridge - It is a motorway bridge it spans over waitemata and connected to the hobsonville.

Natural features - The waitemata harbour is the main access to the by sea to Auckland