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| Puhinui Reserve | |
|---|---|
 Oblique aerial photo of the northern end of the reserve, showing the Puhinui Craters, 2018 | |
 Interactive map of Puhinui Reserve | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Wiri, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 37°01′12″S 174°50′20″E / 37.020°S 174.839°E |
| Area | 199 ha (490 acres)[1] |
| Created | 1991 |
| Operator | Auckland Council |
| Status | Open year round |
The Puhinui Reserve is a protected working farm and wetland area in South Auckland, New Zealand, on the shores of the Manukau Harbour. It is the location of the Puhinui Craters, and is an area is of particular significance to Waiohua iwi, including Te Ākitai Waiohua and Ngāti Te Ata.[2].
Geology
[edit]The Puhinui Reserve is a peninsula between the Puhinui Creek and the Manukau Harbour.[3][1] The soil is predominantly composed of ash, alluvium and peat.[2]
Puhinui Craters
[edit]Part of the Auckland Volcanic Field, it includes the Puhinui Craters, a cluster of three small maar craters all of roughly 200 m (660 ft) diameter. They were first recognised as volcanic craters in 2011.[4] Their ages are unknown but most likely all erupted at the same time.
Puhinui Pond Crater contains a farm pond and is located near the reserve entrance.[5]
Puhinui Arena Crater is breached on both the west and east sides. Its drained and sediment-filled flat floor is 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) below the rim of the surrounding tuff ring.[5]
Puhinui Eroded Crater lies directly east of Arena Crater. Its eroded tuff ring is breached at both west and east ends and is partly eroded by the adjacent Puhinui Creek.[5]
Biodiversity
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The reserve is the largest area of saltmarsh remaining on the Manukau Harbour, situated on the estuarine transitional zone between the freshwater Puhinui Creek and the saltwater Manukau Harbour.[6] The sandflats, mangroves and shellbanks support populations of the buff-banded rail and the New Zealand fernbird.[6]
History
[edit]Māori Occupation
[edit]Similar to Ihumātao located closeby on the Manukau Harbour, the Puhinui Reserve area has been settled by Tāmaki Māori peoples for at least six hundred years, as a gardening and food gathering area.[2] It is adjacent to the Waokauri / Pūkaki portage, one of the three major points where waka could be hauled between the Manukau Harbour and the east coast,[7] and the Puhinui Creek, which provided access to much of inland the South Auckland area (and to the Manukau Harbour in turn).[2] The area is of particular significance to Waiohua iwi, including Te Ākitai Waiohua and Ngāti Te Ata.[2]
European occupation
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In the 1830s William Fairburn, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, claimed to have purchased most of South Auckland (83,000 acres, stretching from Papatoetoe to Papakura) from Māori. After the treaty signing in 1840, the purchase was examined by the newly formed Colony of New Zealand. Fairburn was allowed to keep a seventh of the land, with the Crown keeping the "surplus lands".[10]
Puhinui Reserve was part of a 10,000 acre block granted by the Government to the trader James Reddy Clendon in 1840 — known as the Clendon Grant.[11]
McLaughlin family
[edit]In the 1850s, the land became a part of the McLaughlin family's Puhi Nui estate.[2]
Reserve
[edit]The reserve was purchased by the Manukau City Council in 1991.[2] The reserve is managed as a working sheep and cattle farm,[12] as well as a protected wetland.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Janssen, Peter (January 2021), Greater Auckland Walks, New Holland Publishers, p. 171-172, OL 34023249W, Wikidata Q118136068
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cameron, Ewen; Hayward, Bruce; Murdoch, Graeme (2008). A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage (Revised ed.). Random House New Zealand. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-86962-1513.
- ↑ "Puhinui Creek". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ↑ Harper, Paul (9 November 2011). "Four new volcanoes found under Auckland". The New Zealand Herald.
- 1 2 3 Hayward, Bruce W.; Kenny, Jill A.; Grenfell, Hugh R. (2011). "More volcanoes recognised in Auckland Volcanic Field" (PDF). Geoscience Society of New Zealand Newsletter (5): 11–16. Retrieved 25 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 3 "Puhinui". Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ↑ East West Link Alliance (November 2016). East West Link: Urban and Landscape Design Framework (PDF) (Report). NZ Transport Agency. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ↑ "The Fairburn Block". Auckland Museum Collections Online.
- ↑ Te Ākitai Waiohua Settlement Trust; The Crown. "Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims" (PDF). p. 15.
- ↑ Robyn Anderson (1997). The Hauraki Treaty Claims (PDF). Vol. 4: The Crown, The Treaty, and the Hauraki Tribes 1800-1885. Paeroa, New Zealand: Hauraki Maori Trust Board. ISBN 1-877198-03-X.
- ↑ "Clendon's Grant". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 1926.
- ↑ "Puhinui Path". Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 October 2022.