Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Over hundreds of years Tamaki's many different tribes wrestled for control of the area,
building
pa
(fortified villages) on the numerous volcanic cones. The Ngati Whatua
iwi
(tribe) from the Kaipara Harbour took the upper hand in 1741, occupying the major
pa
sites. During the Musket Wars of the 1820s they were decimated by the northern tribe
Ngapuhi, leaving the land all but abandoned.
ESSENTIAL AUCKLAND
Eat
Amid the diverse and cosmopolitan scene of Ponsonby Central
Drink
West Auckland craft beers at Hallertau in Riverhead
Read
Under the Mountain(1979) - Maurice Gee's teenage tale of slimy things lurk-
ing under Auckland's volcanoes
Listen to
Pure Heroine(2013) - savvy lyrics and beats from Devonport's very own
Lorde
Watch
Matariki(2010) - five interwoven multicultural stories set in South Auck-
land
Festival
Pasifika
Area code
09
At the time the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, Governor Hobson had his base
in the Bay of Islands. When Ngati Whatua chief Te Kawau offered 3000 acres of land for
