Pakihi Island[1] is a privately-owned island located in the Hauraki Gulf to the east of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. With an area of 114 hectares (280 acres),[2] it is one of the smallest of the Hauraki Gulf Islands. It is located 1 km southwest of Ponui Island, and 1.5 km offshore from Waitawa Regional Park.
.svg)  Pakihi Island Location in New Zealand | |
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| Coordinates | 36°54′29″S 175°09′50″E / 36.908°S 175.164°E |
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Description
editThe island's land use is primarily pastoral and plantations, but with some areas of native vegetation.[3]
History
editThe island was purchased from Sir John Logan Campbell by the McCallum family in 1894 (along with the neighbouring, much smaller Karamuramu Island).[4] William Fraser McCallum and his brothers created a partnership in 1904 and quarried red chert on the island from 1906 until 1927,[5] used extensively to create concrete structures in the growing city of Auckland.[6] As a wharf, they sank the first iron ship built in Auckland, the 1876 Rotomahana.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Pakihi Island". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Cameron, Ewen. "Updated Vascular Flora of Pakihi Island, with notes on fauna, geology and some history, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland" (PDF). New Zealand Regional Botanical Societies Journals. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review Landscape Report" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Munro, Jessie. "Clevedon Sustainable Development Plan Project European Historical Assessment" (PDF). Auckland Council. Clevedon and Districts Historical Society. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "McCallum Bros Limited History". McCallum Bros. Ltd. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Auckland Council District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Operative 2013: The history of human settlement of the islands" (PDF). Auckland City Council. 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "PIONEER, VESSEL'S END. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 Jun 1924. Retrieved 2020-08-23.