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	Hauraki Plains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hauraki Plains are an area located in the northern North Island of New Zealand.
		The alluvial plains have been built up by sediment deposited by the Piako and Waihou/Thames Rivers, which flow south to reach the sea at the Firth of Thames.
		The largest town in the plains is Ngatea, although the larger Te Aroha is located near their southern boundary with the Thames Valley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hauraki_Plains (702 words)

	Hauraki Gulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The gulf lies between Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula, and the Hauraki Plains.
		At the southern end of the Hauraki Gulf is the wide, relatively shallow inlet known as the Firth of Thames.
		(1) The interrelationship between the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments and the ability of that interrelationship to sustain the life-supporting capacity of the environment of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands are matters of national significance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hauraki_Gulf (763 words)

	CEMETERY INFORMATION Hauraki District Council administers two cemeteries and one memorial wall within the district
		Waihi Cemetery, comprising 5.32 hectares, is situated in the rural area 5kms east of Waihi township, amongst farmland and orchards.
		Hauraki Plains Memorial Wall, comprising two large curved stone walls with granite plaques, is situated within the Hugh Hayward Domain, Orchard Road, Ngatea.
		Maori are buried at a Urupa in Kerepehi and at Turua.
	www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz /services/Cemeteries/cemeteries.htm (617 words)

	Hauraki Plains: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hauraki Plains are an area located in the northern North Island North Island quick summary:
		The piako river is located to the south of the hauraki gulf in the north island of new zealand....
		Ngatea is a small town on the hauraki plains in the north island of new zealand....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ha/Hauraki_Plains.htm (442 words)

	School Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Hauraki Plains are in a central position being only an hours drive away from Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga.
		A sense of identity in which taking pride in being Hauraki and New Zealanders, becoming responsible citizens who contribute to our school and the wider community are important aspects of our school culture.
		We believe that learning must be purposeful and we expect our students to develop an understanding of their strengths and support them to develop a purposeful direction for their lives beyond the school gates.
	www.haurakiplains.school.nz /Profile/profile.htm (233 words)

	Hauraki Plains College - Education Coromandel NZ
		Hauraki Plains College is located in the small, quiet and safe town of Ngatea near one of New Zealand's most scenic regions, the Coromandel Peninsula.
		Hauraki Plains College has a long history of hosting international students from all over the world and it takes pride in the care and support it provides.
		As a small school the college is able to offer comprehensive support through an international student team which includes a full time homestay manager and ESOL support.
	www.thecoromandel.com /educationcoromandel/hauraki_plains_college.html (135 words)

	Hauraki Aero Club provides flight training for both power and gliding over the beautiful Coromandel Peninsular one the ...
		Hauraki Aero Club provides flight training for both power and gliding over the beautiful Coromandel Peninsular one the most picturesque spots on the New Zealand tourist trail.
		The club is situated on Thames Aerodrome just 3 kms from Thames township, on the western arm of the picturesque Coromandel Peninsula.
		Formed in 1936 the Hauraki Aero Club provides Flight Training for both power and gliding.
	www.flyhac.co.nz (97 words)

	Paper Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The prevention of leptospirosis in diary farm workers through a cattle vaccination programme: a report of a study carried out in the Hauraki Plains.
		Hauraki Plains county in the Hamilton Health District, New Zealand.
		Persons contracting leptospsirosis must a) seek medical advise with the general study area; b) medical practitioners must identify the patient as a potential leptospirosis case and send appropriate specimens to a nominated laboratory; c) the patient must return for a second specimen to be taken; d) laboratory procedures must be reliable.
	www.jcu.edu.au /school/phtm/PHTM/lepto/ryan1981.html (504 words)

	Secondary education : high schools and college New Zealand
		Hauraki Plains College is a small friendly school which offers a safe and supportive environment in which high standards of discipline are maintained and students are encouraged to care for each other and strive for excellence.
		Hauraki Plains College has a long tradition of hosting and providing educational experiences for international students.
		Hauraki Plains College provides an ideal opportunity for international students to experience New Zealand in a welcoming, focussed and secure atmosphere, while receiving a quality education.
	www.nzsbdirectory.co.nz /NZSB_Education_Secondary.html (2973 words)

	Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2004 Expeditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Royal Society staff also commended the entries by St John's College in Hamilton, and Hauraki Plains College in Ngatea.
		The Hauraki Plains team used the local history relating to Cook's first voyage as the basis for their very informative video.
		The Royal Society issued 2 commendations to entries by Hauraki Plains College in Ngatea and St John's College in Hamilton
	transitofvenus.auckland.ac.nz /expeditions/finalists.html (354 words)

	Top Stories from NZCity
		Hauraki Plains road will reopen tonight - closed for most of the day after a crash spread paint all over the road
		State Highway 27 on the Hauraki Plains is due to reopen tonight, after being closed all day because of a paint spill.
		Paint and turpentine was spilled over the highway when a truck and trailer unit hit power lines at Kaihere, at about two o'clock this morning.
	home.nzcity.co.nz /news?id=49834&c=w (116 words)

	formation of waikato wetlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The landscape observed today in the Waikato and Hauraki Plains has been carved, scoured and sculptured over time by the movements of the Waikato River over many thousands of years.
		Observing the relative serenity of the Waikato River today, it is hard to imagine the forces involved in shaping the landscape.
		While the river carved its way through these plains it created a series of channels and depressions, many of which later formed lakes and swamps.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Community/001~For-Schools/003~Field-Trips/004~Waikato/Waikato-Wetlands/Formation-of-Waikato-wetlands.asp (588 words)

	Unique New Zealand wildlife - Bay of Plenty - Coromandel
		On fine days you can see a great sweep of country from the Hauraki Plains in the north and west to the Bay of Plenty in the east, and as far as Cape Runaway in the south.
		After crossing the Walhou, the road traverses the Hauraki Plain toward Auckland.
		When the Pakeha arrived, these plains were covered with a huge swamp, which was eventually drained.
	www.ecotours.co.nz /Brian/wildlife/bayofplenty/coromandel.htm (1831 words)

	About Cape Colville & Te Moehau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Prior to the 17th century, a mixed group of Iwi occupied the Hauraki region, which covers the Coromandel Peninsula and the Hauraki Plains, to a line between Miranda and Waihi.
		In the Hauraki Gulf, the entrance to Auckland's Pacific harbour, there are a number of islands managed by DoC that have had outstandingly good breeding results from a whole series of birds and reptiles.
		These islands, together with the Hunua Ranges SE of Auckland, where there is a strong population of Kokako (the highly endangered blue-wattled crow…a nectar supping bird with a glorious bell-like call) and Miranda just to the south, which is a wetlands site of global importance.
	www.meg.org.nz /capecolville.htm (1642 words)

	Destination Paeroa - Heartland of the Hauraki Plains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Paeroa Cooperating Church, The Hauraki Community Resource Centre and the Community Arts and Leisure Centre — formally known as the Paeroa Skate & Leisure Centre.
		Paeroa is a great destination right in the middle of the North Island and at the base of the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula, white sandy beaches.
		Right in the middle of town is the beautiful and very busy Paeroa Cooperating Parish, which is also the central office of the Hauraki Community Resource Centre.
	www.destinationpaeroa.co.nz (281 words)

	Excite - Travel Guide - Attractions
		The Hauraki Gulf off Auckland is dotted with islands such as Rangitoto, Great Barrier and Waiheke, which have affordable accommodation, a number of walks and diving possibilities and, in the case of Waiheke Island, excellent art galleries.
		Auckland is also a good starting-point for visiting the amazingly scenic Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Plains regions to the south-east.
		Northland is the cradle of both Maori and Pakeha culture: it was here that the Pakeha first made contact with the Maori, the first whaling settlements were established and the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.
	www1.excite.com /travel/travelguide/attractions/0,20310,Oceania-483,00.html (593 words)

	Te Aroha, Tramps, Mountain, Wetland, Kaimai Mamaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Northern half of the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park runs to the east of Te Aroha and North and South, extending about 30 kilometres South to the Kaimai Summit of the Hamilton Tauranga Highway, and 15 kilometres North to the Karangahake Gorge, and is from five to ten kilometres wide.
		The level land between the Hauraki Gulf and Te Aroha includes the 10,300 hectare Kopuatai Swamp ten kilometres North of the town.
		This is the largest swamp in New Zealand, and is internationally recognised under the Ramsar Convention.
	www.te-aroha.com /TeArohaMountainWetlandTracks/mountain_tracks.htm (460 words)

	National World Wetland Day Events
		Next stop was to the world-renowned Miranda chenier plains where telescopes had been set up to view thousands of shorebirds feeding in the rich mud of this Thames Estuary Ramsar wetland.
		Following the Scheme’s completion in the 1960s, an estimated 17,200 ha was drained and protected from flooding by stop-banks, drains and pumping stations with a further 16,500 ha partially drained through hydraulic efficiencies made to waterways and river channels.
		Next stop was the Torehape Reserve on the Hauraki Plains where a wetland had been restored after peat mining.
	www.fishandgame.org.nz /SITE_Default/SITE_wetlands/world_wetland_day_events/WWD_Auckland_Waikato.asp (2588 words)

	Wetlands-Waikato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wetlands were once a widespread feature of the landscape within the lower Waikato Basin and Hauraki Plains but today, less than 20 percent of the original freshwater wetlands remain.
		Three of the six wetlands recognised as being internationally important in New Zealand are found in the Waikato region.
		Waahi is another large lake on the Waikato River flood plain close to Huntly with a picnic area and boat access available off Weaver’s Crossing Road.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/Wetlands/020~Wetlands-in-New-Zealand/004~Waikato/index.asp (1076 words)

	COROMANDEL REGION - COROMANDEL REGION - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The northern extremity of the Tauranga Harbour roughly coincides with the region's southern limits, whilst the Hauraki Plains lie along the eastern boundary.
		Included within these limits are the counties Coromandel, Thames, and Ohinemuri, which together with their boroughs form the basic units for the collection of statistics.
		Dairy farming is concentrated around Coromandel, Mercury Bay, the lower course of the Tairua, and the valley of the Ohinemuri, and principally on the fringes of the Hauraki Plains.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/C/CoromandelRegion/CoromandelRegion/en (450 words)

	ngauruora
		Geoff Parks' research focuses on New Zealand's fertile coastal plains, country of rich opportunity for both Maori and European inhabitants, but country whose natural character has vanished from the experience of New Zealanders today.
		Beginning with James Cook's Endeavour party on the Hauraki Plains, and then the New Zealand Company's arrival in the valley that became the Hutt, Park takes us through the river flatlands where the imperatives of colonial settlement transformed the original forests and swamps with ruthless efficiency.
		He believes that if the last survivors of nga uruora are to become part of the quest for more sustainable ways with the land, the vital part Maori played keeping them alive last century will have to become central, once again, to their care.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /vup/2001andearliertitleinformation/ngauruora.htm (445 words)

	HortNews - MAF Descends On Arataki Factory
		The mite was traced to the factory from an infected site on the Hauraki Plains, MAF's Matthew Stone said today.
		They were focusing on the Bay of Plenty, parts of Waikato and the Hauraki Plains, Mr Stone said.
		This morning representatives of the National Beekeepers Association (NBA) were to brief Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs while MAF officials will meet the NBA and Federated Farmers this afternoon to discuss events so far and any future action.
	www.hortnet.co.nz /news/2000/n3679.htm (413 words)

	Dashwood Direct! Coming Home...1996
		Tourism is now one of New Zealand's major industries and so there was no problem with obtaining a rental car, some proper coffee, and a real breakfast (as opposed to the poor impression of an early morning meal which they served us on the plane).
		The Firth of Thames is the bit of Ocean which separates the Coromandel peninsula from the Hauraki Gulf (where Auckland is); inland it is fertile plains and some of the most beautiful country I have ever seen).
		A little over 3 hours later (it's normally a little over 2 hours, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to stop in the middle of the Hauraki Plains, in a little place called Ngatea, to partake of a real Kiwi hamburger and a coffee) I pulled into the drive of my house in Tauranga.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/pete_dashwood/nz.htm (934 words)

	EW Subsidence Rates of Peat Since 1923 in the Hauraki Plains Area
		EW Subsidence Rates of Peat Since 1923 in the Hauraki Plains Area
		Subsidence Rates of Peat Since 1923 in the Hauraki Plains Area
		Significant areas of peatland in the Hauraki Plains area have been drained and converted to agriculture, horticulture or mining, although a large undeveloped scientific reserve remains.
	www.ew.govt.nz /publications/technicalreports/tr0418.htm (224 words)

	Hauraki Plains New Zealand : Reviews from the Lost Luggage Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		South-east of Auckland and encompassing of Miranda, Waihi and Ngatea, the Hauraki Plains are a haven for bird-watchers.
		While in the Plains, check out the excellent museum in Waihi, bird-watching sites in Miranda, and the walk along picturesque Karangahake Gorge.
		Hauraki Plains has no passenger train services so getting around by public transportation means travelling by bus.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/hauraki-plains.asp (141 words)

	Thames - New Zealand
		This region of the Coromandel Peninsula includes Thames, Tapu Valley, Thames Coast, Kauaeranga Valley, across the Hauraki Plains to the Seabird Coast and Kawakawa Bay.
		Olde worlde Grahamstown at the north end of town is the 'Ponsonby' of Thames where you will find several cafes, antique and gift shops, the Historical Museum, the School of Mines Museum, and a lot of interesting colonial architecture dating back to the early gold rush days.
		The flat land of the Hauraki Plains was once an enormous 60,000 hectare wetlands.
	www.coromandelfun.co.nz /thames.html (1278 words)

	Ecoquest New Zealand
		Studies by EcoQuest students contribute information to the nearby Miranda Shore Bird Centre (www.miranda-shorebird.org.nz), where researchers come from all over the world to observe and study the huge influx of spring, summer and autumn migratory waders.
		Early studies (1999 & 2000) focused on the local scallop fishery, which is threatened by increased silt and runoff from the Hauraki Plains, where agriculture is the predominant land use.
		Early studies included the local scallop fishery which is threatened by increased silt and runoff from the deforested Hauraki Plains.
	www.unh.edu /natural-resources/ecoquestweb/drp_marine.htm (426 words)

	Coromandel Peninsula: Paeroa - L&P, Karangahake, Hauraki Plains, Maritime Museum & Paddle-steamer
		Paeroa was a thriving port before the vast Hauraki Plains were drained and converted to productive dairying land.
		Out on the billiard table flat Hauraki Plains, which were recovered by digging 1,000 km of canals and stopbanks, there are many places to visit.
		Paeroa is a good base for historic walks in the gorge and for forays out into the plains.
	www.newzealandnz.co.nz /coromandel/paeroa.html (440 words)

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