Whanganui Island is the largest of a small group of islands at the entrance to Coromandel harbour in the Hauraki Gulf, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Horokino (Herekino) Pā situated at Arapaoa or Aropawa Bay (Homestead Bay) Whanganui Island
Arapaoa Bay Coromandel Harbour NZ, A sketch (1848?) by J J Merrett
Arapaoa Bay from the house looking out onto the Coromandel Harbour. William Webster's base and John Logan Campbell's home for a period
Sale of Sections at the new town of Coromandel on Whanganui Island beginning 7 August 1862
The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2, and lies between, in anticlockwise order, the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel
Whanganui Island
…Whanganui Island is the largest of a small group of islands at the entrance to Coromandel harbour in the Hauraki Gulf, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. The island, which is privately owned, is 2.83 square kilometres (1.09 sq mi) in area. Much of it is farmed…
True-colour image showing the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana, with Auckland (left) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right), by NASA's Terra satellite, 2002.
Sunset view of The Noises viewed from Waiheke Island
Farmland and native bush on Ponui Island
An orca swims in Waitematā Harbour, with Auckland CBD in the background.