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Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand – 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tāmaki River estuary to the east.
Otahuhu. Industrial suburb stretching from the north-east arm of the Manukau to the Panmure Basin, 15km from Auckland's city centre. Occupies the narrowest point in New Zealand, the 1-km strip between the Tāmaki River and the Manukau that Māori used as a canoe portage.
Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located 13 kilometres southeast of the CBD on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tamaki River estuary to the east. The name of the suburb is derived from the Māori-language name of the volcanic cone known as Ōtāhuhu (Mount Richmond).
The name Ōtāhuhu is a reference to Te Tahuhutanga o Te Waka Tainui, which translates as the ridgepole of the Tainui waka / canoe. The name recalls the portage of the Tainui waka from the Waitematā Harbour to the Manukau Harbour just to the south of the Maunga in the 14th century.
2 days ago · The Ōtāhuhu Mt Richmond maunga erupted approximately 30,000 years ago, creating several small scoria cones within an 800-meter-diameter explosion crater. Over the years, the moat between the scoria rings became a swamp and filled with peat, now the site of sports fields.
The Ōtāhuhu site is located on a mangrove lined mudflat in the lower reaches of Ōtāhuhu Creek, approximately 500m from the confluence with the Tāmaki Estuary main channel. The site is adjacent to Seaside Park, and the wider catchment comprises high density residential and commercial land use.
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Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond is volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in the Auckland volcanic field. A group of scoria mounds up to 48 m high, it has two 50 m wide craters. It was the site of a pā, and retains some Māori earthworks from that time such as kumara pits and terracing.
