Waitemata habour

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.

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

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour?

Drowned river valley

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

Lieutenant-Governor Hobson’s choice of a site for New Zealand's capital in 1840.

What does Waitemata mean?

Obsidian waters

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata: Waitemata is now called the Habour bridge.

Auckland’s chief port - The first of a series of land reclamations to expand the port area began in 1859.

Viaduct basin - The Viaduct Basin,  was redeveloped in the mid-1990s.

Westhaven - Westhaven Marina is the largest managed marina in Australaisa.

Harbour bridge - The Auckland habour bridge is 1,020 m long.

Greenhithe bridge - The greenhite bridge was bulit in 1995.

Natural features - Natural features of the Waitematā include Meola reef also known as Te Tokoroa, meaning ‘a long reef’, a rocky sub-marine promontory.

Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt

Aviation Firsts Scavenger Hunt

1.Who was the first person to fly over the south pole?Richard Evelyn Byrd

2. In what year did the first parachute jump take place?1797

3. Who made the first rocket-engine flight?fritz von opel

4. Who made the first balloon flight In what year did the flight take place?Wily post. 1933

5. What aviation first is Janice Brown credited with? Long distance solar flight

6. Who was the first woman to receive a pilot's license? In what year did she learn how to fly?  Jean Gadner bataen 1929

7. Who was the first person to fly around the world alone? Wily post

8. Who took the first photographs from the air? Samuel Acher  king and william black

9. What aviation first is Paul MacCready credited with?Inventor of the practial human powered airplane

10. In what year did the first turbo jet flight take place? 1939

I think this activity is cool and I hope I can do it again. Cause we can research on other people who created things like the first airplane.