Library skills Tatiana

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

2. Tamaki River

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

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 flows from Mangere east and then goes to the tidal

estuary on  the waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called?

The link was vital link of the Otahuhu Portage.

What two bodies of water does it join?

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

The Tahuna T0rea  is a sandspit and it reaches across

towards the buckland’s beach the wilderness is a protected

area since the 1970’s.

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

The name of the marina is the half moon bay.

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?

In 1866.

When was the current bridge built?

In 1959.