Library Skills

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

1. Waitemata Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki River.

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia.

Use our skimming and scanning skills.

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Waitemata into the search box and use that page to answer these questions.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour?

The waitemata harbour is a drowned river valley.✔

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?

-it had deep water and sheltered bays✔

What does Waitemata mean?

Waitemata means a large bay in new zealand .

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:

Auckland’s chief port -They began too expand the port in 1859✔

Viaduct basin - The Viaduct basin was redeveloped in the middle of the 1990’s.✔

Westhaven -Westhaven is the largest marian in australasia.✔

Harbour bridge - The harbour bridge is 1,000 metres long.✔

Greenhithe bridge -It was built as an alternative building.✔

Natural features - The natural features of the waitemata has a meola reef (te tokoroa) and it meaning “a long reef”. ✔

This is my Library skills that I have completed. What we had to do was find out information and answer the questions on the Waitemata Harbour. Where we got our information was from the Te Ara website.