Great Barrier Island (Harataonga Bay)
 Location of Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Island is an island in the north of New Zealand, situated 88 km to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. In the Maori language, it is called Aotea, meaning white cloud. Its official name is Great Barrier Island (Motu Aotea). From http://www. ...
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Image File history File links NZ-Gt_Barrier_I.png Location map of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links NZ-Gt_Barrier_I.png Location map of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...
A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ...
Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ...
Physical geography The Island's name stems from it's location on the outskirts of the Hauraki Gulf. With a maximum length (north-south) of some 43 kilometres, it protects the gulf from the storms of the Pacific Ocean to the east. Consequently, the island boasts highly contrasting coastal environments. The eastern coast comprises of long, clear beaches, windswept sand-dunes, and heavy surf. The western coast, sheltered and calm, is home to hundreds of tiny, secluded bays which make for some of the best diving and boating in the country. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μÎÏ„Ïο (metro) = count/measure). ...
Entrance to the gulf is via two channels, one on either side of the island. Colville Channel separates the island's southernmost point (Cape Barrier) from Cape Colville at the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula to the south, and Cradock Channel separates the island from the smaller Hauturu/Little Barrier Island to the west. Cape Colville is the northernmost point of the New Zealands North Island. ...
Location of Coromandel Peninsula A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ...
The Cradock Channel is one of three channels connecting the Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. ...
Hauturu/Little Barrier Island lies off the northeastern coast of New Zealands North Island. ...
With an area of 285 square kilometres (110 square miles), Great Barrier is the sixth-largest island in New Zealand, following the South Island, the North Island, Stewart Island, Chatham Island, and Auckland Island. To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
The South Island The South Island is one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...
North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
Stewart Island is the third largest island of New Zealand. ...
Chatham Island is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand, named after the survey ship HMS Chatham which discovered the island in 1791. ...
Auckland Island is the main island of the Auckland Islands, an uninhabited archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. ...
The highest point, Mt Hobson or Hirakimata, is 621 metres above sea level.
Population and communications It has a permanent population of around 900, primarily in coastal settlements such as Tryphena, Okupu, and Whangaparapara and at Claris and Kaitoke. Tryphena, Great Barrier Island is a town in New Zealand. ...
There are airfields at Claris (Kaitoke) and Okiwi and natural harbours at Port FitzRoy, Tryphena, Whangaparapara, and Okupu. During the summer there are regular passenger ferries to Tryphena and a regular freight barge service all year to Tryphena and once a week to Port FitzRoy. Aircraft reach Claris' grass airfield in about 30 mins from Auckland airport and Northshore airport while the fast ferries take about three hours from Auckland. The barge service takes approximately 8 hours from downtown Auckland to Tryphena, and returns to Auckland from Port FitzRoy.
The largest settlement on Great Barrier is in Tryphena Harbour, at the southern end of the island.
The population of the island has decreased significantly in recent years, although house values have increased. The most significant increase in values has been at Kaitoke, where the white sandy beaches (Kaitoke and Medland's), nearby hot springs, and the central location on the Island, with the adjacent airfield, have allowed for a burgeoning vacation centre.
Education There are 3 primary schools on the island, but no secondary schools, so students either leave the island for schooling on the mainland, or do their studies via the New Zealand Correspondence School. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...
Secondary school may refer to Secondary school in the United Kingdom, is the general term for the schools for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen in most areas (a few areas have schools for 13-18 year olds instead, and these are called upper schools). ...
History
 Kauri Dam on Great Barrier Island. March 1967 photo. The remote north of Great Barrier Island was the site of the sinking of the SS Wairarapa on 29 October 1894. This tragedy was one of New Zealand's worst ever shipwrecks, with 135 lives lost. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x606, 146 KB) Kauri Dam on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, March 1966. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x606, 146 KB) Kauri Dam on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, March 1966. ...
The SS Wairarapa was built in Dumarton, Scotland in 1882 for the Union Steam Ship Company. ...
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ...
1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Kauri timber getting was a profitable industry in the early days. The kauri forests were well inland and there was no easy way to get the logs to the sea or other routes to saw mills. The logs were therefore dragged to a convenient stream bed with steep sides and a Kauri Dam was constructed of wood with a "trapdoor" near the bottom large enough for the logs to pass through. When the dam had filled (which might take up to a year) the trapdoor was opened and the logs floating above the dam were sucked down through the hole and swept down to the sea, sixteen miles away in the case of the dam illustrated.
Local government Although technically part of Auckland City, it shares with some other islands a certain relaxation in some of the rules governing daily activities. For example, every transport service operated solely on Great Barrier Island, the Chatham Islands, or Stewart Island/Rakiura is exempt from section 70C of the Transport Act 1962 (the requirements for drivers to maintain driving-hours logbooks). Drivers subject to section 70B must nevertheless keep records of their driving hours in some form. See New Zealand Gazette 14 August 2003. The Chatham Islands from space. ...
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third largest island of New Zealand. ...
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Neighbourhood Dragon Island is found just off the east coast of Great Barrier Island, between it and Rakitu Island . Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | Islands of New Zealand | Auckland ...
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