Island Trivia - Revision history

Wolfgang Fahl at 07:03, 8 October 2014

2014-10-08T07:03:55Z

Tihare at 04:20, 16 February 2010

2010-02-16T04:20:21Z

Rocky: /* Manganese mine */ more detail re mine workings

2009-01-27T16:43:23Z

Manganese mine: more detail re mine workings

Mikek at 01:06, 18 January 2009

2009-01-18T01:06:58Z

Wolfgang Fahl at 01:36, 17 December 2008

2008-12-17T01:36:26Z

Countrymike: /* Starlight */

2008-12-14T02:16:05Z

Starlight

Wolfgang Fahl at 09:34, 19 November 2008

2008-11-19T09:34:07Z

Wolfgang Fahl at 08:42, 19 November 2008

2008-11-19T08:42:36Z

Wolfgang Fahl at 08:42, 19 November 2008

2008-11-19T08:42:19Z

Rocky at 09:55, 23 October 2008

2008-10-23T09:55:26Z

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 ====Streets and Roads ====
 Some interesting facts about Waiheke's [[Street Listing]]. There are 163 named roads on Waiheke.  The most popular letter for the name is M with 19 , followed by T with 18 and W with 13.  There are no roads/streets at all that start with the letter I, X, Y or Z.  The most surprising of those is the I in that Waiheke Island has a Waiheke Road but no Island road.  Could be one for a future development.
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 ====Manganese mine====
-Manganese/[[Manganite]] was mined in the late 1800s in the [[Maunganui]] area, near the highest point on Waiheke (231 metres)
+Manganese/[[Manganite]] was mined in the late 1800s in the [[Maunganui]] area, on the Awaawaroa side of Mt Maunganui, the summit of which is the highest point on Waiheke (231 metres).
 ====Slumming It====

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 ====Speed dating at 6 am ====
 see [[http://www.tewahanui.info/wordpress2/?p=1109]]
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 ====Penguin rescue====
-During the building of the new wharf at [[Matiatia]] in 1992, 13-year-old Tom Delamore came back from a soccer game in town to find diggers moving the rock wall. Tom was horrified at the imminent destruction of a nest of little blue penguin and, as a result of his protest, work ceased. The penguin were relocated to [[Tiritiri Matangi]].
+During the building of the new wharf at [[Matiatia]] in 1992, 13-year-old Tom Delamore came back from a soccer game in town to find diggers moving the rock wall. Tom was horrified at the imminent destruction of a nest of little blue penguin and, as a result of his protest, work ceased. The penguin were relocated to [[Tiritiri Matangi Island]].
 [[Little Blue Penguin]] still live in the Matiatia seawall and can be heard at dusk.

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 ====Starlight====
-Among stars rumoured or proved to have visited the island during the first America's Cup to be raced on the gulf (2001?) were Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (true), and Jack Nicholson (maybe true - rumoured to have choppered in, landing on the rear deck of a super super yacht in [[Oneroa Bay]]). Lenny Henry and Dawn French definitely did spend some months here, hidden away in a leased house at the bottom end but also seen chilling out with coffee at [[Salvage]]. Bill Gates came ashore at [[Little Oneroa]] for supplies (true). He was recognised by teenager Eric Hillman who said hello and Bill shook his hand. More recently Justin Timberlake was seen walking along Onetangi Beach. Apparently Neil Young once had his hair cut in Oneroa and Noam Chomsky has also visited our fair isle.
+Among stars rumoured or proved to have visited the island during the first America's Cup to be raced on the gulf (2001?) were Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (true), and Jack Nicholson (maybe true - rumoured to have choppered in, landing on the rear deck of a super super yacht in [[Oneroa Bay]]). Lenny Henry and Dawn French definitely did spend some months here, hidden away in a leased house at the bottom end but also seen chilling out with coffee at [[Salvage]]. Bill Gates came ashore at [[Little Oneroa]] for supplies (true). He was recognised by teenager Eric Hillman who said hello and Bill shook his hand. More recently Justin Timberlake was seen walking along Onetangi Beach. Apparently Neil Young once had his hair cut in Oneroa and Noam Chomsky has also visited our fair isle. Leonard Cohen was spotted in Salvage in 2008.
 Celebrity weddings on Waiheke have included rugby internationals Zinzan Brooke, Jonah Lomu and Glen Marsh, and television presenter Wendy Petrie.

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 ====Slumming It====
-[Graeme Hart], who tops the New Zealand rich list, was seen slumming it with Waiheke commuters on the Quickcat. Must have been too windy to run his helicopter or is he concerned about his carbon footprint.
+[[Graeme Hart]], who tops the New Zealand rich list, was seen slumming it with Waiheke commuters on the Quickcat. Must have been too windy to run his helicopter or is he concerned about his carbon footprint.
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 ====Oh, Rhett====
 Legend has it Vivienne Leigh (''Gone with the Wind'') once visited the Harbour Masters  house at [[Matiatia]], coming to the island on board the [[Auckland]] mayor's yacht. The mayor had brought
 her to visit Fred Alison, the landowner at [[Matiatia]].