Ngarango Otainui Island
Native name: Ngā Rango e Rua o Tainui | |
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 Ngarango Otainui Island in 2008 | |
Interactive map of Ngarango Otainui Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Auckland |
| Coordinates | 36°56′20″S 174°49′12″E / 36.93883°S 174.82011°E |
| Adjacent to | Māngere Inlet, Manukau Harbour |
| Highest elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Administration | |
New Zealand | |
Ngarango Otainui Island is an island that was last privately owned by Arzan Hajee and Arif Hajee. It is situated in the Manukau Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The Island is 5 km from the Auckland Airport and 10 km from Auckland CBD (as the crow flies). It can be visible from One Tree Hill. The land area is approximately 3288 square meters when it was last surveyed and sold off in the 1960s but is profoundly smaller than this in the 21st century due to storm surge and erosion.[1] This was one of the smallest privately owned Islands in New Zealand.[2] The New Zealand Transport Agency bought the island in 2017 as part of the now scrapped plans for the controversial East-West Motorway link[3]
The island, traditionally known as Ngā Rango e Rua o Tainui, is known as the final resting place of the skids which were used to transport the Tainui migratory canoe across Te Tō Waka, the Ōtāhuhu portage.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Lange, Peter James (5 December 2022). "The biota and geology of Ngarango Otainui Island". Perspectives in Biosecurity. 7.
- ^ "Buy your own island while it lasts". Sunday Star Times. 6 April 2008.
- ^ Lasham, Stephen (2022). Onehunga's Changing Foreshore (1st ed.). Waiuku, Auckland: Go Graphics (W J Deed Limited) Waiuku. p. 17. ISBN 9780473621209.
- ^ East West Link Alliance (November 2016). East West Link: Urban and Landscape Design Framework (PDF) (Report). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 21 July 2022.