Photographic prints and image files of Matakana, Auckland, New Zealand

Matakana, Auckland, New Zealand. The gallery includes images of Matakana, Tawharanui, Omaha, Ti Point, Leigh, Whagateau and Pakiri Beach.

Sanspit.

Whagateau.

Matakana and Omaha.

Before the arrival of Europeans to the District, there were Maori settlements at Tawharanui, Omaha and Mahurangi. In 1841 a large tract of land, known then as The Mahurangi Purchase, was bought by the Crown from Hauraki tribes who claimed the land through earlier conquests. Early European settlement was at Sandspit at the river mouth. Timber resources in upper Matakana (now Matakana Village) resulted in settlers moving up the river around 1848. By 1853 John Heydn was operating a saw mill at the falls on the Matakana River. During the mid 1850's, flax was harvested from the area. 1864 saw the establishment of the first public building in Matakana Village. This was the Presbyterian School, which served as a church on Sundays. The church has been relocated at The Matakana Country Park and is still in use. By the turn of the century ship building, fruit growing and farming were the main industries. A Dairy Factory was operational from 1902, the building is still used today, as a gift store. Clay from the area was made into bricks at the factory in Brick Bay, near Sandspit. In 1978, Anthony Morris and Sue James set up their pottery which grew to become of the town's largest employers and 35 years on one of its main tourist attractions. 

Omaha Urbis.

"Art and luxury are perfectly matched: one informs and richly populates the other, and vice versa. We celebrate the stunning points where the two converge. Maximalism reigns and style plays, and colour and form take to pushing their limits".

Sawmill Cafe, Leigh.

Underneath the sawmill cafe is a basement. In 2015 this still housed some of the original sawmill machinery. Including diesel engines, pullys and straps, old sawblades and old power switchboards.

Pakiri Beach,Warkworth. Auckland.

Campbells Beach, Big Omaha, Ti Point.

Sources: Urbis Magazine, 2020. Web. Matakana Information Centre Inc. (edited).

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