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Karepiro Bay

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44: 31: 51: 270:, due to the nearby shark fishing grounds, and Dacre Point is also a known pā site. The Karepiro Bay area is a concentrated area of archaeological sites, including shellfish middens, and terraces. The terraces north of Dacre Point indicate the area had been the site of terraced gardening. The 312:. In 1848, Henry Dacre and his father Captain Ranulph Dacre purchased the lands surrounding the riverŌkura River, creating the Weiti Station. Their house, the Dacre Cottage, was built circa 1855 from locally made bricks, located on the shores of Karepiro Bay. 228:. Dacre Point is a headland found at Karepiro Bay, which is the north headland of the Ōkura River, and the eastern headland of the Weiti River on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula is known as Toroa Point. Much of the bay is part of the 562: 318:
was established at Karepiro Bay and adjacent to Long Bay in 1995. Local residents have documented increased sedimentation in the 2010s leading to a loss of marine life, which led to protests in 2018.
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name for the bay literally means "putrid ripples", and may be a reference to the smell of mudflats. The sandspits located at the bay are a traditionally significant site (wāhi tapu) called
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A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage
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Swales, A.; Gibbs, M.; Ovenden, R.; Budd, R.; Hermansphan, N. (November 2008).
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Campbell, Matthew; Harris, Jaden; McAlister, Andrew (19 August 2013).
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The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts (defunct)
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is located outside of the East Coast Bays subdivision of
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Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre
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conquest of the northern Auckland Region. During the
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Sedimentation in the Okura-Weiti-Karepiro Bay System
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Why the Hibiscus? Place Names of the Hibiscus Coast
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Location within the Auckland Region
Auckland Region
36°39′14″S 174°44′13″E / 36.654°S 174.737°E / -36.654; 174.737 (Karepiro Bay)
Weiti River
Ōkura River
Hauraki Gulf
Pacific Ocean
Arkles Bay
Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana
Auckland Region
Whangaparāoa Peninsula
North Shore
Weiti River
Ōkura River
Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana
Weiti River
Ōkura River
Whangaparāoa Peninsula
Long Bay
Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve
New Zealand dotterel
Tāmaki Māori

Te Kawerau ā Maki
Ngāti Kahu
Ngāti Pāoa
kāinga
Te Kawerau ā Maki
Te Kawerau ā Maki

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