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Friday 15 November 2013

Using Te Ara 3

Using Te Ara -
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
3. Manukau Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river
Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Harbours and wetlands page to answer these questions.

What two adjectives are used to describe the Manukau Harbour? The adjectives to describe the manukau harbour is: Wide and Shallow

What landforms are common in the harbour? Waitemata and Manukau Harbour.

What two things about the Manukau Harbour have led to shipwrecks?
many shipwrecks.
It is because prone to swells and shifting sandbars –the cause of
What was the worst shipwreck on the Manukau bar? The worst shipwreck was when it had crashed and made a big mess which has caused multiple injuries.

This is my reading activity, I enjoyed looking for the answer in the text also looking for what happen and why it happened.


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