Tamaki River shown in dark blue.

The middle of the estuary looking east.

The Tamaki River is, despite its name, mostly an estuarial arm and harbour of the Hauraki Gulf, within the city of Auckland in New Zealand. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored The Hauraki Gulf is a Coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island ^[1] It extends south for 15 kilometres from its mouth between the Auckland suburb of Saint Heliers and the long thin peninsula of Bucklands Beach, which reaches its end at Musick Point. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. Musick Point (also known as Te Waiarohia in Maori) is a Peninsula in Pakuranga, a suburb of Manukau City in New Zealand

The inlet extends past the suburbs of Glendowie, Glen Innes, Tamaki, Panmure, and Otahuhu to the west, and Sunnyhills and Pakuranga to the east. Suburb Suburb Volcano To the west of the suburb is Mount Wellington, a 137-metre volcanic Suburb Suburb Suburb

It has several smaller "tributary arms" which extend from it: the Pakuranga Creek and Otara Creek in the east, and the Otahuhu Creek and Panmure Basin in the west. Panmure Basin is a basin occupying a Volcanic crater within the Auckland Volcanic Field in New Zealand. The Otahuhu Creek forms the eastern shore of the narrowest point on the Auckland isthmus: here it is less than two kilometres to the waters of the Manukau Harbour, an arm of the Tasman Sea. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand and the sixth largest in the world by area The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 Kilometres (1250 Miles across

History

Portage Road is the location of one of the historical portage overland routes between the two coasts. Portage refers to the practice of carrying a Canoe or other Boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route (such as Rapids or a Waterfall ^[1] Here the Maori would beach their waka (canoe)s and drag them overland to the other coast, thus avoiding having to paddle around North Cape. In the Māori language and New Zealand English, waka (IPAwɔka are Māori watercraft usually Canoes ranging in size from small unornamented North Cape is located at the northern end of the North Auckland Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. This made the area of immense strategic importance in both pre-European times and during the early years of European occupation.

In 1865, the estuary was first crossed by a bridge, located at Panmure, to improve connection between Auckland and Howick. Panmure may refer to Panmure Golf Club, one of the world's oldest golf clubs Stones and steel had been imported from Australia,^[2] possibly reflecting the still very basic nature of industrial construction in the young colony.

Transport

Due to its extent north-south and its position between Auckland City and its eastern neighbour Manukau City, the River is a natural barrier to traffic, especially as only two bridges cross it, both heavily trafficked and increasingly incapable of taking the peak hour flows. This article is about the City of Auckland a part of the whole metropolitan area of Auckland. Manukau City is a large city in the Auckland Region / Greater Auckland area of New Zealand. The AMETI scheme has the resolution of this bottle-neck as one of its goals.

The Tamaki River also has a marina / ferry wharf at Half Moon Bay, from where commuter ferries depart for the Auckland CBD and car ferries for Waiheke Island. Half Moon Bay is a coastal suburb located immediately south of Bucklands Beach in Manukau City Auckland New Zealand The Auckland CBD (the Central Business District, usually just referred to as the 'CBD' or sometimes 'Central City' is the Waiheke Island is in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand and is located about 17 Many yachts are also moored in its relatively well protected interiors.

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