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Cockle Bay, Auckland - 12 January 2011

Looking over to Waiheke Island.

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Maraetai-19 January 2011

Maraetai is one of the towns which make up Manukau city and is the easternmost suburb of greater Auckland in New Zealand.
This pier in Maraetai Beach was once used for moving cattle and sheep to boats to be taken to Auckland; now it's a fishing pier. Its name is Māori meaning "marae by the sea". Maraetai was the original name for the smooth, calm tidal passage now known as Tamaki Strait, which is sheltered by Te Motu Arai-roa ("The Long Sheltering Island") now called Waiheke Island. The site of present day Maraetai suburb was formerly the Pā and kāinga (village) settlement known as Pohaturoa. To the Pākehā people Maraetai means "Meeting place by the sea". One of the better known functions of a Marae is to facilitate Hui (tribal gatherings).

Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012 | Map

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