Manukau

Manukau Harbour opens to the Tasman Sea on the western side of the Tāmaki isthmus. Māori travellers hauled canoes across the narrow land between the harbour and the Tāmaki River, linking routes to the Waikato, the east coast and northern settlements. After the upheaval of the musket wars, Ngāti Whātua cautiously returned to the Manukau around 1836.

The later city of Hamilton lies here.