Hauraki Gulf and Islands

Hauraki Gulf Islands, New Zealand

During the ten years that we have been calling Auckland our home, I believe we have been to 11 of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Everyone has their own personalities, but they all mirror New Zealand's pure, verdant lifestyles and the country's inherent youth. We had an easy time visiting when we still had a boat, but now we can take a boat to several of them.

Some of our favourite times on some of the islands: It is an symbol of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. A teenager went on a three-day hike with a group of mates to Rangitoto summit before he crossed the river that led to the much older Satutapu Isle ( "here"), where he spent both evenings camping.

Tiritiri Matangi Island New Zealand is about an hours walk from the harbour, where we reached by the Gulf Harbour boat. Noises Islands seen from the boat. An old coppermine on Kawau Island. So we walked to the island Motuora to get this look at the island Te Haupa at the end of the Mahurangi-penninsula.

Check the wreck on Motorekareka Island. The Ocean Bay on Motuihe Island has wonderful, sandy shores. On Ponui Island, by comparison, Shark Bay has pebbles and fractured shells that make up its rock. Walking on Waiheke Island. Hauraki Gulf Islands: Were you on one of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf?

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Hauraki Gulf Islands | Auckland and Surroundings Guide

Auckland' s largest capital is the Hauraki Gulf, a 70 km piece of sea in the town' s northwest. Hauraki means "wind from the north" in Maori - although the Gulf is protected from the predominant storms and swell by the Great Barrier Islands, which creates favourable weather for Auckland' s yachty tribes.

Sailing or fishing for the most part, but those who want to beat the country can go to some of the 47 islands managed by the Department of Conservation, which are either for full entry recreation purposes or as protected areas for threatened wild animals and require permissions. Auckland' s next neighbor is Rangitoto, a shallow conical of knotty and distorted volcanic rock that overlooks the harbour landscape.

Waiheke is the most populated of the Gulf Islands, becoming a growing outskirts of Auckland, with sand shores and some top class vineyards. There was definitively a ban on drinking and drinking wines on the island of Rotoroa, once a de toxic Salvation Army city. Waiheke's refinement is far from the relaxed Great Barrier Island, the biggest island here, with its sand beach, undulating trails and extraordinary fish.

Tiritiri Matangi is a wonderful demonstration of the Department of Conservation's policies to grant nature reserve entry, where a full days out offers the visitor an unmatched chance to see some of the world's rarebirdlife.