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Introduction to Mahurangi surveys and settlement
Rejected as the site for the capital, Mahurangi was seen as desirable for rural settlement. All the coast from Te Ārai to the Waitematā was purchased in 1841. After concessions to the local tribes, the surveys went ahead, and Mahurangi Harbour land sales began in…
Introduction to how Aotearoa formed and Mahurangi named
Like Aphrodite, our islands arose from the sea, but not as she, fair and fully formed. The shaping of our land continues, and in the process it has emerged and submerged repeatedly. It is a mere by-product of the coastal rubble of its two older continental neighbours…
Introduction to a maritime community
Mahurangi was one of the more fortunate of the Auckland settlements. Fewer than thirty nautical miles from the capital, it was able to develop, in spite of the absence of roads. The traffic in the tideway was the lifeline of the settlers, from the earliest cutters to…
Zero-carbon energy ultimate nuclear waste solution
In the last 6 years and 8 weeks of published measurements, global sea level has risen a whisker more than an inch. At least that is the raw, seasonally adjusted data from the incredible, and credible, Jason 2 satellite, however, the El Niño…
2015 Mahurangi Regatta programme
Helping push Auckland’s 175th anniversary boat out Regatta Day Saturday 24 January 2015 Friday Night-Race to Mahurangi 3 pm Classic A and Modern Classics 3.05 pm Classic B Sailing Instructions Mahurangi Regatta Generally held at Sullivans Bay* *In the event of...
Nation with least need for nuclear has most to gain
Even the pro-nuclear-power Dr James Hansen doubts Aotearoa needs it: “You happen to be very fortunate and be very wealthy in terms of renewable energy.” But New Zealanders’ future prospects now directly depend upon an unprecedented international…
Laying the foundations of a harbour
The rocks exposed in the cliffs of the Mahurangi Harbour, in the highest road cuttings on Schedewys Hill, and even on the summit of Mount Tamahunga at 438 metres, are the familiar Waitematā sandstones. Clearly they are extensive and thick, but they are not old…
How the Mahurangi Harbour got its name
Mahurangi, the name, belonged to the sea-stack between the mouths of the Waiwera and the Pūhoi, and to the pā which once crowned its summit. Percy Smith, who chronicled the history of Māori occupation, said Mahurangi applied to the small island off Waiwera, but…