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	Rangitoto Island and Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf
		Rangitoto Island and Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf
		The circular island with it's symmetrical cone presents the same uniform appearance and is visible from most parts of the mainland.
		The island is mainly in pasture although forests are being replanted and wetlands restored as part of a major community project.
	www.ki-wi.co.nz /hauraki_rangitoto.htm (463 words)

	Information about Motutapu Is (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Motutapu is a low lying island to the northeast of Rangitoto Island and on the coast, evidence has been found in the surface of footprints in volcanic ash that would of come from the eruption of Rangitoto Island.
		During the second world war the island was an important coastal defence position and today the military bunkers and tunnels are of interest to the visitor.
		The island has had human occupation for a total of over 500 years and was named originally by the Tainui tohunga Taikehu as a symbol of his mana.
	www.charter.net.nz /Charter2000/infoMotutapu.htm (118 words)

	Rangitoto Island
		The island was formed by a series of relatively recent volcanic eruptions[?], which ended about 500 years ago.
		The island is volcanic and there is no natural water source, the plants grow using only rainfall, yet it is tree covered and also offers the chance to view some more unusual plants such as the kidney fern[?] [1] (http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/plants/trueferns/hymen01a.htm).
		Linked by a coastal causeway is a much older island Motutapu[?], where it is possible to view the archeological remains of a civilisation caught in Rangitoto's eruptions.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Rangitoto_Island.html (163 words)

	Motutapu Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park.
		Its full name, rarely used, is Te Motutapu a Taikehu, "The sacred island of Taikehu", Taikehu having been a tohunga (tribal priest) of the Tainui iwi.
		There are the remains of a number of important pa on the island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motutapu_Island (318 words)

	Hauraki Gulf Cruises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Kawau Island is approximately 8 km long and 5 km wide and is almost split in two by the 3 km inlet Bon Accord Harbour.
		The island was occupied by the Maori people for several hundred years and today hundreds of archaeological sites remain as a testimony to its past.
		The island's landscape is a blend of farmland, forests, vineyards, olive groves and beautiful beaches.
	www.islandescapecruises.com /itinerary/haurakigulf.htm (533 words)

	Auckland Daytrip. Auckland eGuide
		There is, for example, a Waiheke Island Explorer Tour at 10:00 and 12:00 daily, costing $46.40 including an all-day pass for the bus services, or a Vineyard Tour at 11:00, at a cost of $85, including lunch.
		Rangitoto was purchased by the crown in 1854 for the sum of £15, and in 1890 it became a recreation reserve and was used for picnics.
		During the Second World War, the island was used for defence purposes, and there was a lookout at the summit of the volcano.
	www.aucklandeguide.com /daytrip.php (946 words)

	A complete range of New Zealand tours expertly created by The New Zealand Fine Touring Company. Whether it’s a New ...
		Iconic Rangitoto Island is the youngest of the volcanoes that dot the city of Auckland.
		The ancient island of Motutapu, despite being joined to Rangitoto, was not formed during the volcanic eruption of around 800 years ago.
		Kayak to the Island from St.Heliers or Orakei.
	www.nzfinetours.co.nz /product.php?id=20 (366 words)

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		In pre-European times, Motutapu had a thick canopy of Kauri forest, fringed with Pohutakawa, both of which grew strongly in the volcanic ash, but that all changed in 1869 when the island was bought by John and James Reid.
		Motutapu Island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park and is just a short ferry trip from Auckland There are good walks, including one to the summit.
		The island is administered by DOC (Department of Conservation) and reached by Fullers' ferries.
	www.shaniaforums.com /showthread.php?t=21108 (1807 words)

	Motutapu Island Recreation Reserve: Auckland Area
		Motutapu remains a place of special significance to the Tainui tribal confederation, and in particular to Ngai Tai.
		Deer, wallabies, ostriches and other exotic animals were introduced to Motutapu as a visitor attraction by Robert Graham in the 1860s, and by the early 20th century the island had become a popular visitor destination.
		A major 50 year community project to restore Motutapu's cultural and natural landscape was launched in 1992, aiming to transform the island into a mosaic of protected archaeological and historic sites, replanted forest, restored wetland and pasture.
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=34065 (690 words)

	Tourism Auckland - Waiheke Island
		To get to Kawau Island you need to catch a ferry or take a water taxi from Sandspit, an hour north from Auckland city (though there are occasional services from downtown - check with a Visitor Information Centre for details).
		On the island you can discover Sir George Grey's stately mansion, which is now open to the public as a museum.
		Motuihe Island is recognisable by a distinctive row of Norfolk Pines growing along its spine.
	www.aucklandnz.com /VisitorInformation/Things_To_Do/Other_Islands (416 words)

	Rakino Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rakino Island is one of the many islands in the Hauraki Gulf, an arm of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.
		The island is mostly in pasture with pockets of coastal pohutukawa.
		Plans for the island included a clinic for disturbed and nervous patients, an international orphanage, a refuge for unmarried mothers and homes for the elderly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rakino_Island (597 words)

	Virtual Heritage \| News, events, document library \| information portal for technology in cultural, natural and world ...
		It is a story about Motutapu Island and NZ's most important WWII gun battery at the time of an anticipated Japanese attack.
		One lucky aspect of the project is that Major Derek Thorburn, who came to Motutapu in 1942 and rose to become commander of the guns, acted as a technical advisor to the project.
		As an actual eye witness to the history, he worked with the 3D artists to achieve a level of visual accuracy that was in danger of being lost forever.
	www.virtualheritage.net /news_blogs/1681.htm (864 words)

	Ports of Auckland - Envrionment
		Motutapu Island is a close neighbour of Auckland’s landmark, Rangitoto Island.
		The Motutapu Island Restoration Trust is developing an environmental education centre for primary school children, which will become a valuable addition to the existing secondary school outdoor education centre.
		The transfer of Pollen Island was part of an agreement on the vesting of land to be reclaimed for the Axis Fergusson extension at the eastern end of the port.
	www.poal.co.nz /community/environment.htm (212 words)

	Hauraki Gulf Islands
		The Hauraki Gulf and its islands are a magnet for summer-holidaying Aucklanders.
		Situated about 8 km northeast of Auckland and connected to Motutapu Island by a causeway, Rangitoto is a large island of 2311 hectares with a wonderful volcanic landscape that supports over 200 species of moss, plants and trees including the largest pohutukawa forest in the world.
		Much of the island is covered with second generation native trees with pockets of regenerating native forest and in the north remnants of the kauri forest, most of which was saw-milled at the end of the 19th century.
	www.aucklandcity.govt.nz /auckland/introduction/hauraki/default.asp (2330 words)

	The Hauraki Gulf, Laity Charters. New Zealand Boat Charter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The gulf is largely protected from the Pacific by Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island to the north, and by the 80 kilometre long finger of land that is the Coromandel Peninsula to the east.
		These include Ponui Island, Waiheke Island and the iconic dome of Rangitoto Island (a dormant volcano), which is connected to the much older Motutapu Island by a causeway.
		Other islands located in the gulf include Browns Island, Motuihe Island, Pakihi Island, Pakatoa Island, Rakino Island, and Rotoroa Island in the inner gulf, around Waiheke and Rangitoto; Motukawao Islands and Whanganui Island in the lee of the Coromandel Peninsula; and Channel Island and Tiritiri Matangi Island in the outer gulf.
	nzcharterboats.co.nz /hauraki_gulf.html (366 words)

	Well, I'm Back: Motutapu Island
		The boat always brings back many precious memories to me, of spending a decent chunk of each summer holiday on it cruising around the islands of the Hauraki Gulf when I was growing up.
		The two islands are very different --- Rangitoto a brand-new volcano, barren and wild, Motutapo old sedimentary rock, grassy and operated as a farm, lovely in its own way.
		The Department of Conservation is gradually restoring Motutapu's forest cover, which is excellent although a very long term project.
	weblogs.mozillazine.org /roc/archives/2006/10/motutapu_island.html (153 words)

	Rangitoto and Motutapu, New Zealand. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Europeans gave Rangitoto a wide berth until the Crown purchased the island for £15 in 1854, putting it to use as a military lookout point and a workcamp for prisoners.
		Only thirty-four remain and, ironically, some of the finest examples are being preserved for posterity, their corrugated iron chimneys and cast-off veranda railings used as fenceposts capturing the make-do spirit of the times.
		Currently though Motutapu is drearier than Rangitoto: about the only thing to do is walk the Motutapu Walkway to the campsite and beach at Home Bay (6km; 1hr 30min one-way), then walk back again.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/new_zealand/rangitoto_and_motutapu/home (611 words)

	Sustainable Agriculture: South Pacific
		SINCE RAROTONGA is the youngest island in the Cook Islands southern group it is physically unlike its other volcanic neighbors where erosion and periodic submersions have reduced mountains to gentle hills.
		Around the central mountainous area of this beautiful island is a narrow band of agricultural terraces and flats which, in turn, is encircled by a ring of swamps used largely for growing taro.
		This is our interest in the island, as its low profile means that any agricultural practice that enhances erosion will put it at risk of losing suffcient rainfall for sustainable living The pineapple plantations, the cash crop, are destructive of the soil and are sites of erosion.
	nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu /WCP221Fall2006Folder/RarotongaMangaia.html (1351 words)

	NZLive.com - Motutapu Island Recreation Reserve
		Motutapu Island is a 1,509 hectare island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
		During World War II the island was a fortified military base to protect Auckland harbour against enemy invasion.
		Discover Motutapu Island a 1,509 hectare island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, which serves as a recreation reserve.
	www.nzlive.com /department-of-conservation-doc/motutapu-island-recreation-reserve (273 words)

	Motutapu
		The camp is administered by the Motutapu Outdoor Education Trust.
		The camp has self catering accommodation, either in the lodge which sleeps 34 persons in four or six person bunkrooms, or in the main camp which sleeps 160 in dormitory style accommodation.
		It is situated on the Northern side of Motutapu Island on a safe sandy beach and provides equipment for sailing, canoeing, snorkelling, climbing and orienteering.
	www.safeoutside.org /OTO_region/OTO_Site/Motutapu.html (99 words)

	TerraNature \| New Zealand Ecology - Extinct birds
		In the early 1900s, South Island kokako were abundant on the main island and Stewart Island.
		The endemic laughing owl was found throughout the country in the mid-1800s before it went into decline, and was declared extinct in 1914 after the last specimen was found in Canterbury.
		The population must have started to decline after pigs were introduced to the islands in 1807, and cats in 1820.
	www.terranature.org /extinctBirds.htm (1373 words)

	Rarotonga Travel Guide - (BeautifulPacific.com)
		Rarotonga is the main island in the Cook Islands and where almost 90% of tourists spend their entire holiday.
		The only drawback (apart from lack of seclusion) is the wind tends to pick up in the afternoon and, being on the east side of the island, the sun disappears late afternoon.
		On the north end of Muri opposite Motutapu islet is Avana Passage where the Cook Island Maoris departed in double hull catamarans to colonize New Zealand.
	www.beautifulcookislands.com /rarotonga.html (1036 words)

	Features of Motutapu Island recreation reserve, Auckland area
		The island was intensively occupied by Maori over several hundred years, and Maori were living on Motutapu when Rangitoto erupted from the sea about 600 years ago.
		Since 1994 the Motutapu Restoration Trust has been restoring parts of the island in partnership with the Department of Conservation.
		The tangata whenua of Motutapu have a spiritual, cultural and historical relationship with their taonga.
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=34256 (205 words)

	Blue Cod
		Although blue cod live in waters down to about 80 m in depth, they are abundant right up to the shoreline, and in many localities are strongly territorial all year round (Doak 1972).
		Using the results of this study it is possible to estimate the live size of blue cod in archaeological sites, and to reconstruct the size frequency distribution of the catch.
		At Mana Island, mean fish size increased significantly, possibly because of the fishing strategy employed.
	www.cs.otago.ac.nz /research/foss/Bridge/blue1.htm (922 words)

	Motutapu Island access restored - Newstalk ZB
		In honour of Anzac Day, Auckland Mayor, Dick Hubbard and former Mayor Christine Fletcher will tonight launch a DVD entitled The Guns of Motutapu which is designed to educate young and old about the island's history.
		Auckland City Council will also work with a number of organisations to restore Motutapu Island's wharf and create a new visitor centre.
		The island housed long-range guns and was the only strategic counter-bombardment unit in the country during World War Two.
	www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=94407 (265 words)

	Auckland Walkways Information
		Track markers show the easiest route to Home Bay, though the whole island is open to walkers, except during lambing.
		The marked route follows the rolling contours of the eastern side of the island.
		It climbs to the island’s 120-metre trig, with panoramic views of the Hauraki Gulf, then descends to Home Bay.
	www.alpinesport.org.nz /motutapu.htm (119 words)

	umc\auckland
		Rangitoto Island is one of Auckland's most famous landmarks as well as its youngest volcano.
		The island rose from the sea only about 600 years ago, much to the surprise of the Maori inhabitants of neighbouring Motutapu Island, who had so much trouble with the ash fall that they left for the mainland and declared the island a sacred site (motu=island, tapu=sacred).
		As you arrive at Rangitoto Wharf, take a moment to have a look at the rocks surrounding the wharf at the waterline which are covered in oysters.
	www.tcs.auckland.ac.nz /~ulrich/umc/auckland.html (1126 words)

	Motutapu launches 2004 volunteer programme :: manawa :: an online community of Auckland conservation groups
		The 2004 season for volunteer work on Motutapu Island starts on Sunday 1 February 2004 and you are invited to take part!
		Travel by ferry to Motutapu, at 50% of the normal fare, take a picnic lunch and make a positive difference to our environment.
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	www.manawa.org.nz /article.php?sid=209 (299 words)

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