Motutapu Island (otherwise known as Motutapu) is a 1,510 ha (3,700 acres)[1] island in the Hauraki Gulf to the northeast of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. The island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park. Its full name, rarely used, is Te Motutapu a Taikehu, "The sacred island of Taikehu", Taikehu having been a tohunga (tribal priest) of the Tainui iwi. 'Motutapu', meaning "sacred" or "sanctuary" island, is a term used for various islands in a number of Polynesian cultures.[2] The island can be accessed via regular ferry services departing from Auckland City.
^"Data Table – Protected Areas – LINZ Data Service (recorded area 1510.368 ha)". Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
^Vaka Moana – Voyages of the Ancestors – Howe, K.R. (Editor), Page 33
MotutapuIsland (otherwise known as Motutapu) is a 1,510 ha (3,700 acres) island in the Hauraki Gulf to the northeast of the city of Auckland, New Zealand...
Hauraki Gulf islands of MotutapuIsland and Rangitoto Island are connected at low tide The Okatakata Islands in Rangaunu Harbour Islands portal Islet...
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from the South Island. During the Māori Archaic period found on the North Island were commonly made from greywacke from MotutapuIsland or basalt from...
rescued for translocation to Mana Island. A total of 42 captive-bred shore plovers were released onto MotutapuIsland in 2012 in the hope they would become...
the earliest archaeological sites in Auckland are found on MotutapuIsland, Ponui Island, Wattle Bay in the south of the Manukau Heads, and Matukutūruru...
undiscovered before by their unique song. MNZ MM002191, collected MotutapuIsland, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, September 1994, now in Te Papa collection...
Maunganui, Lake Rotoroa, and MotutapuIsland in New Zealand are "Mount Mount Big", "Lake Lake Long", and "Island Sacred Island" respectively, from Māori...
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Island, Waiheke Island, Tiritiri Matangi and the iconic dome of Rangitoto Island (a dormant volcano), which is connected to the much older Motutapu Island...
Harbour as the best invasion point and landing heavy guns on Rangitoto Island to shell the forts on the North Shore. The plan was not very realistic and...
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area of Gulf Islands also includes Rangitoto Island, MotutapuIsland, Browns Island, Motuihe Island and Rakino Island, but Kawau Island has the majority...
Base Auckland, New Zealand, Naval Base (1944-1945) US Navy Magazines, MotutapuIsland US Navy Magazines, Kauri Point Armament Depot Fuel Tank Farm, Northcote...
4 services to Rakino Island each week. Island Direct operates 9 daily services from Downtown Auckland to Matiatia, Waiheke Island. The service commenced...
356–362. JSTOR 20702052. Davidson, Janet (1978). "The Prehistory of MotutapuIsland, New Zealand Five Centuries of Polynesian Occupation in a Changing...
Some are returned to the Coromandel, while others are taken to nearby MotutapuIsland to establish a new population.[citation needed] Rotoroa is one of ten...
number of similar projects around the Gulf, such as on Motuihe, Motuora and Motutapu. The closest land on the tip of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, Shakespear...
Tāmaki Māori constructed stone adzes, using greywacke boulders from MotutapuIsland. The wider area was rich in food resources, and the eastern coast of...
Outward Bound schools, and conducted a trial course on Auckland's MotutapuIsland (in 1961). His daughter remarked that he "gave up a successful criminal...
Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites MotutapuIsland - Site of many settlements and early Maori manufacturing Ohrid Stobi...
community organisations, including the Motutapu Trust, a conservation body involved in protecting MotutapuIsland in the Hauraki Gulf. She was a contributor...
New Zealand and Australia. The company operates in the Bay of Islands, Whitsunday Islands, Hauraki Gulf and Waitematā Harbour. Explore operates sailing...
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