Using Te Ara: Tamaki River

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

2. Tamaki River

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

    Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

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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 the tidal estuary to the Waitemata

What was the link used by Maori called?

It was the Otahuhu portage

What two bodies of water does it join?

Manukau and the Waitemata harbour

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

Sandspit landform

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?

Half moon bay

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?

1866

When was the current bridge built?

1959