Using Te Ara 3

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

3. Manukau Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Harbours and 
wetlands page to answer these questions.

What two adjectives are used to describe the Manukau Harbour? 

The adjectives that are used to describe the manukau harbour is 
Wide and shallow.

What landforms are common in the harbour?

The landforms that are common in the harbour is 
extinctive mudflats and saltmarshes.   

What two things about the Manukau Harbour have led to shipwrecks?

Swells and shifting sandbars have led to shipwrecks.

What was the worst shipwreck on the Manukau bar? 

On the 7 of February in 1863 the HMS Orpheus –
carrying naval stores was the worst shipwreck.

This is what I had to do for librarary skills, I followed the instructions went on the site and answered the questions on the Manukau harbour, there is also a map at the bottom.