A report on Waitematā Harbour
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Auckland
14 linksLarge metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand.
Large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand.
The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean.
Auckland isthmus
12 linksNarrow stretch of land on the North Island of New Zealand in the Auckland Region, and the location of the central suburbs of the city of Auckland, including the CBD.
Narrow stretch of land on the North Island of New Zealand in the Auckland Region, and the location of the central suburbs of the city of Auckland, including the CBD.
The isthmus is located between two ria (drowned river valleys), the Waitematā Harbour to the north, which opens to the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana and Pacific Ocean, and the Manukau Harbour to the south, which opens to the Tasman Sea.
North Shore, New Zealand
8 linksThe North Shore is part of the large urban area of Auckland, New Zealand, located to the north of the Waitematā Harbour.
Ports of Auckland
6 linksAuckland Council-owned company administering Auckland's commercial freight and cruise ship harbour facilities.
Auckland Council-owned company administering Auckland's commercial freight and cruise ship harbour facilities.
Ports of Auckland Limited operates seaports on the Waitematā Harbour and the Manukau Harbour, and four freight hubs (inland ports), in South Auckland, Palmerston North, Mount Maunganui and the Waikato.
Auckland Harbour Bridge
4 linksThe Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland waterfront
3 linksThe Auckland waterfront (rarely the Auckland harbourfront) is a city-side stretch of the southern Waitematā Harbour coastline in Auckland, New Zealand.
Hauraki Gulf
4 linksCoastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand.
Coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand.
The first of these was a river formed by two tributaries, the Mahurangi River and Waitematā Harbour (then a river) acting as tributaries.
Auckland CBD
4 linksGeographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area.
Geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area.
Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north, it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas; it is bounded on the North by Waitematā Harbour, east by Parnell, southeast by Grafton, south by Mount Eden, southwest by Newton, west by Freemans Bay and northwest by Viaduct Harbour.
Manukau Harbour
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For this reason, along with the harbour's shallowness, it is not Auckland's favoured port, and, with only one short wharf, the facilities at Onehunga are tiny compared to the other Ports of Auckland facilities on the Waitematā Harbour along the northeast of the isthmus.
Whau River
3 linksThe Whau River is an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour (rather than a river) within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand.