Magazine Bay
Dawn at the Magazine Bay Wharf
Dawn at the Magazine Bay Wharf
Location within the Auckland Region
Location within the Auckland Region
Magazine Bay
Location within the Auckland Region
LocationAuckland Region, New Zealand
Coordinates36°53′02″S 175°03′26″E / 36.8838°S 175.0572°E / -36.8838; 175.0572 (Magazine Bay)
Ocean/sea sourcesHauraki Gulf

Magazine Bay is a bay in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the east of Maraetai.

Description

Magazine Bay is a bay located on the Pōhukukawa Coast, close to the town of Maraetai. The bay is directly to the east of Waiomanu Beach. Magazine Bay looks out towards the Tāmaki Strait, Waiheke Island and Ponui Island.[1]

History

The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for the bay is Kakaremea.[2] The headland to the north of the bay was the location of a pā called Te Aute.[3] Kakaremea was a part of the lands gifted by the chief Te Whatatau to the followers of his wife Te Raukohekohe in the late 1600s.[3][4] A karaka tree associated with the death of Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa ancestor Māhia is located at the bay.[5]

In 1850, a gold mine was established on the hill behind Magazine Bay. The mine operated for ten years and found very little gold, but left significant piles of clay.[6] From 1899 to 1907, a brickworks operated at the site, using the clay from the former mine.[7][8] In 1912, the Nobel Explosives Company established an explosives magazine (storage facility) at the site.[9][7] The storage facility is the namesake of the bay, and during World War II the magazine was enlarged and used to store ammunition. During this period, the facility was camouflaged, and protected by home guard soldiers based at Maraetai.[10]

Since 2010, the land adjacent to Magazine Bay and neighbouring Waiomanu Beach has been protected as a public reserve.[11]

Amenities

The bay has a wooden wharf, surrounded by mostly shallow water.[12] Magazine Bay is the end point of the Maraetai Beach Path walkway,[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Magazine Bay". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Shoreline Adaptation Plan: Kahawairahi ki Whakatīwai - Pilot Beachlands and East" (PDF). Auckland Council. March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown (7 November 2015). "Deed of settlement schedule documents" (PDF). NZ Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ngai Tai Origins". Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Green, Nat (2010). Ōtau: a Ngāi Tai Cultural Heritage Assessment of Clevedon Village, Wairoa Valley (PDF) (Report). Auckland Council. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ↑ La Roche, Alan 2011, pp. 195.
  7. 1 2 La Roche, Alan 2011, pp. 280.
  8. ↑ "22 May 1905". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. MJ_1506. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "15 August 1913". Manukau's Journey. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. MJ_1688. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "World war II sights in Auckland". The Aucklander. The New Zealand Herald. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Waiomanu/Waiomaru Pa Reserve Co-Management Agreement" (PDF). Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Magazine Bay". LAWA. Auckland Council. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Maraetai Beach Path". Auckland Council. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

Bibliography

  • La Roche, Alan (2011). Grey's Folly: A History of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai. Auckland: Tui Vale Productions. ISBN 978-0-473-18547-3. OCLC 1135039710. Wikidata Q118286377.
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