Pōhutukawa Coast
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The Pōhutukawa Coast is an area of the Auckland Region in New Zealand. The area covers settlemnts south of the Tāmaki Strait: Whitford, Beachlands, and Maraetai. The area was traditionally known as Ma
The Pōhutukawa Coast captured by a Planet Labs satellite in 2016
The area is named after the pōhutukawa trees found along the coast
Former pā site at Ōmana Regional Park
Pencil sketch of Umupuia in 1882
Cockle Bay, New Zealand
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Cockle Bay is a suburb of East Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick local board, one of the 21 administrative divisions of Auckland.
Pōhutukawa Coast
…means "Anchorage". Tainui followers of Manawatere, who identified as Ngā Oho, decided to settle the area between the Pōhutukawa Coast and Tūwakamana (Cockle Bay). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, the mana whenua of the area, descend from these early settlers. Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki traditional stories talk about the land already…
Suburban Cockle Bay
Cockle Bay Beach
Aerial view of Cockle Bay in 1928
Aerial view of Cockle Bay in 1959