The Waihorotiu Stream – now channeled into brick sewers underneath Queen Street.
Approximate route of the stream
Waihorotiu (from the Māori Wai Horotiu), sometimes called the Waihorotiu Stream and the 'Queen Street River', is a stream that ran down the Queen Street gully in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, into the Waitemata Harbour. It has long since been covered over and put underground by the urbanisation of the area.
Waihorotiu (from the Māori Wai Horotiu), sometimes called the WaihorotiuStream and the 'Queen Street River', is a stream that ran down the Queen Street...
originally the location of a swamp, filled and drained by the WaihorotiuStream. The stream was turned into an open sewer canal and eventually bricked over...
named after Arthur Myers MP. This is, or rather was, the start of the WaihorotiuStream also known as the "Queen Street River". Espano Flats – 20 Poynton...
the planned Auckland township, showing the original coastline and WaihorotiuStream, and planned areas such as the reclamation of the Auckland waterfront...
the first piped source of water for the town of Auckland after the WaihorotiuStream became unsuitable. The original swamp was drained and turned into...
catchment near Waiatarua was known as Waihorotiu, due to the landslips which often occurred there. The end of the Oratia Stream, Te Kōpua (modern-day Falls Park...
middle and lower catchment areas of the Oratia Stream, while the upper catchment was known as Waihorotiu, named for the landslips which would occur in...
Rarotonga / Mount Smart, Te Tatua-a-Riukiuta, Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, the Waihorotiu Valley (modern Auckland CBD), in addition to Māngere to the south of the...
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