Magazine Bay
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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.{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/27120 |title=Magazine Bay |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=17 June 2023}}
History
The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for the bay is Kakaremea.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/topic-based-plans-strategies/environmental-plans-strategies/Documents/series1-kahawairahi-ki-whakatiwai-beachlands-east.pdf |title=Shoreline Adaptation Plan: Kahawairahi ki Whakatīwai - Pilot Beachlands and East |date=March 2023 |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=17 June 2023}} The headland to the north of the bay was the location of a pā called Te Aute.{{Cite web|last=Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown|date=7 November 2015|title=Deed of settlement schedule documents|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2021|website=NZ Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213154038/https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2020 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ngaitaitamaki.iwi.nz/newpage2d39384d |title=Ngai Tai Origins |publisher=Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki |access-date=17 June 2023}} A karaka tree associated with the death of Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa ancestor Māhia is located at the bay.{{Cite report| url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/districtplanmanukau/changes/10Cultural.pdf | title = Ōtau: a Ngāi Tai Cultural Heritage Assessment of Clevedon Village, Wairoa Valley. |first1=Nat |last1=Green |year=2010 |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=21 October 2022}}
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.{{sfn|La Roche, Alan|2011|pp=195}} From 1899 to 1907, a brickworks operated at the site, using the clay from the former mine.{{sfn|La Roche, Alan|2011|pp=280}}{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/1217/ |title=22 May 1905 |work=Manukau's Journey |at=MJ_1506 |publisher=Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections |access-date=17 June 2023}} In 1912, the Nobel Explosives Company established an explosives magazine (storage facility) at the site.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/495/rec/2/ |title=15 August 1913 |work=Manukau's Journey |at=MJ_1688 |publisher=Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections |access-date=17 June 2023}}{{sfn|La Roche, Alan|2011|pp=280}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/news/world-war-ii-sights-in-auckland/EM5CODO5OL36UGVTKY77BSNW5A/ |title=World war II sights in Auckland |work=The Aucklander|publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=24 April 2008 |access-date=17 June 2023}}
Since 2010, the land adjacent to Magazine Bay and neighbouring Waiomanu Beach has been protected as a public reserve.{{cite web|url=http://ngaitai-ki-tamaki.co.nz/documents/NTKTTT%20Newsletter%20Jan2011.pdf |title=Waiomanu/Waiomaru Pa Reserve Co-Management Agreement |date=7 February 2011 |publisher=Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki |access-date=17 June 2023}}
Amenities
The bay has a wooden wharf, surrounded by mostly shallow water.{{cite web|url=https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/auckland-region/coastal/magazine-bay/ |title=Magazine Bay |work=LAWA |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=17 June 2023}} Magazine Bay is the end point of the Maraetai Beach Path walkway,{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/get-outdoors/aklpaths/Pages/path-detail.aspx?ItemId=114 |title=Maraetai Beach Path |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=17 June 2023}}
References
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{{sfn whitelist|CITEREFLa Roche, Alan2011}}
Bibliography
- {{cite q|Q118286377}}
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{{Franklin Local Board Area Wairoa Subdivision}}
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Category:Bays of the Auckland Region