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

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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 was flowing down to Māngere to waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called? It was called the Ōtāhuhu portage link.

What two bodies of water does it join? It was Manukau harbour and the waitemata harbour.

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

Sandspit.

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

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 1995