Manukau Harbour

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The Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand by area. It is located to the southwest of the Auckland isthmus, and opens out into the Tasman Sea. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°0'0"S, 174°40'1"E

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Manukau Harbour – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ihumātao, Lopdell House, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Arataki Visitor Centre.

4.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Ihumātao, Auckland
125 min walk • Ihumātao is a location situated three kilometres from Auckland International Airport in Mangere, Auckland in New Zealand. A Māori village once existed there. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "cold nose" for Ihumātao. Māori first settled in the area as early as the 14th century CE.
4.3 miN
Museum, Art museum
Lopdell House, Auckland
110 min walk • Lopdell House is situated next to Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery as part of the Lopdell Precinct arts centre in Titirangi, Auckland. It was first opened as Hotel Titirangi in 1930. In 1942 it was bought by the Ministry of Education and became a school for the deaf, and then a teacher's residential centre named Lopdell House.
4.3 miN
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland
110 min walk • Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Titirangi, Auckland. The gallery, which serves the West Auckland region, was originally opened within Lopdell House in 1986.
4.9 miNW
36°56'49"S • 174°36'25"E
Arataki Visitor Centre, Auckland
126 min walk • Park, View point, Trail
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lower Nihotupu Reservoir
108 min walk • The Lower Nihotupu Reservoir is one of five reservoirs in the Waitākere Ranges that supply water to Auckland. Built between 1945 and 1948, the reservoir covers an area of 52.9 hectares and has a capacity of 4.6 million cubic metres.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Pukeiti, Auckland
130 min walk • Pukeiti is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The spatter cone is the smallest volcano in Auckland, reaching 30 metres above sea level, and has a shallow crater over 30 metres wide. The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side.
5.4 miN
36°55'18"S • 174°40'12"E
West Lynn Garden, Auckland
138 min walk • Park, Garden
4.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Maungataketake
115 min walk • Maungataketake is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field in New Zealand. It had a 76 m high scoria cone, beside a 100 m wide crater, before they were quarried away. It was the site of a pā.
5.6 miW
37°0'3"S • 174°33'58"E
The Huia Settlers Museum, Piha
142 min walk • Museum
4.3 miN
Locality
Titirangi
111 min walk • Titirangi is a suburb in the Waitākere Ward of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre, at the southern end of the Waitākere Ranges.