Waiheke Island - Revision history

Wolfgang Fahl: fix auckland library link

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fix auckland library link

Uroskin at 00:42, 27 May 2010

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Uroskin: minor additions

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minor additions

Countrymike at 02:11, 10 May 2009

2009-05-10T02:11:00Z

Gadfium: Copyedit

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Copyedit

Countrymike at 01:48, 22 April 2009

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Hackademic at 05:16, 26 February 2009

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Wolfgang Fahl at 06:44, 16 December 2008

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Wolfgang Fahl at 04:51, 19 November 2008

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Hackademic at 08:55, 4 July 2008

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 === Resources ===
-[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/localhistory/suburbhistories/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history]
+* [http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/heritage/localhistory/suburbs/waiheke/Pages/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history]
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 The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Isthmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.
-Waiheke Island has an area of 9,324 hectares (approximately 100 square kilometres, almost twice the size of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan Island) and a permanent population of around 8,000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).
+Waiheke Island has an area of 9,324 hectares (approximately 100 square kilometres, almost twice the size of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan Island]) and a permanent population of around 8,000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).
 For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.
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 In a scholarly and comprehensive book called ''Te Takoto o te Whenua o Hauraki - Hauraki Landmarks'' (Reed, 2000), however, Taimoana Tuuroa tells a very different story.  He says the literal translation of Waiheke is indeed 'descending waters' but Maori history has it that during exploration of in the inner gulf, the waka ''Arawa'' made a call at the island and Kahumatamomoe, the son of Tamatekapua, came ashore. "On landing upon the flat rocky shore, he needed to relieve himself and did so proclaiming that his micturating waters had descended upon the land," writes Tuuroa (P193). In this version, the waterfall is even more modest.
-Tuuroa spent many years researching the Hauraki lands and their people, having grown up among tribal leaders. His life was filled research encounters,  helped by his job as a surveyor. Reed's [http://www.reed.co.nz/products.cfm?view=1171&catID=46 page about the book] is currently down (Nov 07).
+Tuuroa spent many years researching the Hauraki lands and their people, having grown up among tribal leaders. His life was filled research encounters, helped by his job as a surveyor. Reed's [http://www.reed.co.nz/products.cfm?view=1171&catID=46 page about the book] is currently down (Nov 07).
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 The 175th meridian passes through the island in Church Bay and Matiatia, not far from Mud Brick Restaurant. The apogee of Waiheke Island is in Spain, not far from Gibraltar.
-Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealand's third most populated island, after the North and South Islands.
+Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealand's third most populated island, after the North and South Islands (and it is the most densely populated island in New Zealand).
 The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Isthmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.
-Waiheke Island has an area of 9324 hectares and a permanent population of around 8000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).
+Waiheke Island has an area of 9,324 hectares (approximately 100 square kilometres, almost twice the size of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan Island) and a permanent population of around 8,000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).
 For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.

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		+	=== Resources ===
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		+	[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/localhistory/suburbhistories/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history]

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 The 175th meridian passes through the island in Church Bay and Matiatia, not far from Mud Brick Restaurant. The apogee of Waiheke Island is in Spain, not far from Gibraltar.
-Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealands third most populated island (first is the North Island, second is the South Island).
+Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealand's third most populated island, after the North and South Islands.
-The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Ithsmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.
+The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Isthmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.
 Waiheke Island has an area of 9324 hectares and a permanent population of around 8000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).

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	Waiheke Island has an area of 9324 hectares and a permanent population of around 8000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).		Waiheke Island has an area of 9324 hectares and a permanent population of around 8000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).

−	~~[[Image:Arrival.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|right\|Arrival at Matiatia]]~~
	For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.		For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.

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	===History===		===History===
		+	See also [http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/getdoc/466fe4ed-cf2a-488e-a490-5f520b9e6e43/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history at Auckland City Library]
	Waiheke was probably among the first places to be settled by Polynesian travellers when they first came to Aotearoa/New Zealand some 800 years ago. A natural crossroads on the routes north and south, many of the smaller gulf islands hosted non-permanent communities. On Waiheke and Great Barrier, however, permanent populations developed. Some of the island was cleared by fire, particularly in western areas. At the eastern end tall forests, later to be mined for tall naval spars, stood.		Waiheke was probably among the first places to be settled by Polynesian travellers when they first came to Aotearoa/New Zealand some 800 years ago. A natural crossroads on the routes north and south, many of the smaller gulf islands hosted non-permanent communities. On Waiheke and Great Barrier, however, permanent populations developed. Some of the island was cleared by fire, particularly in western areas. At the eastern end tall forests, later to be mined for tall naval spars, stood.

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 For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.
-====Tangata whenua====
+===Tangata whenua===
 Tribal area: Ngati Paoa, Ngati Maru, Patukirikiri.
 Tangata whenua for the island is [[Ngati Paoa]], one of the tribes in the Hauraki Confederation. The island's marae, however, is [[Piritahi Marae]], a pan-cultural centre established on a city council reserve at the western end of Blackpool. Its long-term chairman and prominent kaumatua was [[Kato Kauwhata]] who died on 11 November 2007.