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Friday 18 October 2013

Tamaki River

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



What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour?   The waitemata habour is a river in Auckland it is also known as a drowned valley .

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital? It is because of its deep waters and because of its sheltered bays,.

What does Waitemata mean ? obsidian river or obsidian glass because of the ways it looks or flows

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:
Auckland’s chief port -Auckland’s port on the Waitematā was vital to the progress of the city and region
Viaduct basin -The viaduct basin was redeveloped in the mid 1990’s when the new zealand yacht hosted the america's cup in 1999 and 2003
Westhaven -The Westhaven Marina, with 1,800 berths, is the largest managed marina in Australasia, and a symbol of Aucklanders’ love of sailing
Harbour bridge -In 1969 four outer lanes were added
Greenhithe bridge -The greenhithe was built in  1975 as an alternative crossing
Natural features -It was formed by lava flowing from the Three Kings eruption 20,000 years ago.
This is one of the library skills that I have done.It is about the Waitemata Haboru and the things we know about it.we are also learning about how people got around the tamaki estury

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