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1. Geological Island Walks
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)
... dark grey stacks of greywacke. Behind the beach a little further along it is possible to see sections of ash which came from the eruptions of Rangitoto. A climax to the walk is provided by the spectacular ...
2. July 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
... Solomon is itching to give her green fingers a workout. And she does: Not in her own backyard but in Auckland's.Out in the Hauraki Gulf, next to younger cousin Rangitoto, Motutapu ( sacred ) Island is ...
3. August 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)
... got talking with an Italian tourist headed for Rangitoto. Ms Arnold told him her nephew had visited Italy to play Rugby. He said he knew him. What a small world! Next thing he knew he was part of the Motutapu ...
... ever island pest eradication programmes on Motutapu and Rangitoto Islands last year. Kakariki (parakeets) began breeding on Motutapu in December, and pateke (brown teal) were spotted on the island in ...
... after more than 100 years' absence, follows one of New Zealand's largest ever island pest eradication programmes on Motutapu and Rangitoto Islands last year. Kakariki (parakeets) began breeding on Motutapu ...
6. Kakariki Breeding on Motutapu
(News/Current News)
... now have a 3000+ hectare (Motutapu plus Rangitoto) safe haven to breed and become an icon for conservation in the Hauraki Gulf..'   Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Monday 30th November 2009      We ...
Rangitoto and Motutapu are linked by a bridge which allows rodents, and other pests, to move between the islands. Rodent eradication required both islands to be targeted at the same time and over the same ...
1080 just wasn't the right tool on Rangitoto and Motutapu islands however it continues to be a good conservation tool elsewhere. There is plenty of science available on the use of 1080 in New Zealand, ...
9. Underground Plotting Rooms
(Heritage/Military)
... (where all the incoming and outgoing phone communications were handled) The Fortress Plotting Room received inputs from the Auckland Fortress Area which included Motutapu, Rakino, Rangitoto, North Shore ...
10. US Navy Magazines
(Heritage/Military)
... ships and aircraft into the area.  A huge base was to be built at Yankee wharf on Rangitoto and Motutapu was to become the main storage bunker location for munitions.  The entire defense structure ...
11. Auckland Heritage Festival
(Projects & Events/Events)
... terminal. These sailings stop off at Rangitoto wharf then carry on to Home Bay, Motutapu. Check the Fullers timetable. Return sailings will be 4.30pm from Home Bay wharf which allows for plenty of exploration ...
12. 2010 Heritage Festivals
(Projects & Events/Events)
... and bowling, stepping back in time with a tea dance in Browns Bay, an open day at Frank Sargeson's beautifully restored historic cottage and Rangitoto Island bach tours. This year North Shore City marks ...
13. Auckland Heritage Festival
(News/Notices / Updates)
... - special sailings to Motutapu leave Downtown Ferry Terminal 9.15am (board the Rangitoto ferry which carries on to Home Bay, Motutapu) and return to Auckland at approximately 4.30pm (special 25% discount ...
14. Motutapu Medication
(News/Current News)
... of Rangitoto and Motutapu. At 3,854 hectares these islands are larger than Little Barrier Island or Maungatautari, and 17 times the area of Tiritiri Matangi. This sheer size, combined with the existing ...
15. DUAL2009 Award Winner !
(News/Notices / Updates)
... Best Emerging Event award was The DUAL (Motutapu - Rangitoto Traverse), run by Total Sport Ltd. With profits from this mountain bike/off-road run event going towards the replanting of native trees in large ...
16. DUAL2009 Award Winner
(News/Current News)
... Best Emerging Event award was The DUAL (Motutapu - Rangitoto Traverse), run by Total Sport Ltd. With profits from this mountain bike/off-road run event going towards the replanting of native trees in large ...
17. New Project Vehicle
(News/Current News)
... own and operate a small 4WD Suzuki Carry which enables access to work sites on the island - however it has never been suitable to travel on roads to and from Rangitoto. Having this second vehicle means ...
18. Interesting Facts
(About Us/The Island)
... by a causeway to Rangitoto, Auckland's iconic volcanic cone backdrop. Motutapu is a recreation reserve administered by the Department of Conservation. The island is an open sanctuary so New Zealanders ...
19. Significance and Future
(About Us/The Trust)
... It has an ecological history, which has evolved since the Rangitoto eruption some 600 years ago.  Its natural landscape reflects the impact of both Maori and early European occupation.  It is the home ...
20. Post War Timeline
(About Us/The Island)
... 1953 Mass poisoning carried out on Rangitoto to eradicate wallabies and possums. Unfortunately no similar operation carried out on Motutapu. Rangitoto reinfested within short period 1956 Reids 'Old School Building' ...
21. Selaks
(Get Involved/Past Supporters)
... DUALMotutapu Rangitoto Traverse multisport event in March 2009. ...
22. Volunteer on Motutapu
(Get Involved/Volunteer)
... requirements now in place across both Motutapu and Rangitoto, but seeing as we've got some space, it doesn' t hurt to mention it here as well. It is just so, so important that we read and comply with the ...
23. Walk Motutapu
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)
... historic and natural places of interest on Motutapu as well as connecting with tracks on Rangitoto.It opens up the mosaic of the cultural and ecological layers of this 'sacred island'. Unlike its volcanic ...
24. Visitor Information
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)
At a Glance    TOILET facilities are located at Home Bay (south end of beach)  and Islington Bay, Rangitoto by the wharf. THERE ARE NO RUBBISH BINS, please take your rubbish home with you. THERE ...
25. WWII Military Timeline
(Heritage/Military)
... object they are required to defend. War office suggests Rangitoto. Agreed on Motutapu as a 6inch 45degree battery would provide complete defense against bombardment by 8 inch cruisers operating between ...
26. Treasure Islands
(News/Media Releases)
... the link to view DOC's latest flyer 3 released 8 February 2010 Removing_pests_from_Rangitoto__Motutapu_-_a_progress_report_Feb_2010.pdf November  2009 - News DOC reports that the eradication program ...
27. DoC Pest Eradication latest
(News/Media Releases)
... embarked on an exciting and ambitious plan to restore the islands of Rangitoto and Motutapu in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Auckland Area Manager, Brett Butland said that this project will be one of ...
28. Govenrment Wake Up Call
(News/Media Releases)
... world is an opportunity sadly wasted. Should this audacious pest eradication project on Rangitoto and Motutapu islands be successful, it will not only protect the world's largest pohutukawa forest but ...
29. Nursery Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)
What's Happening in the Nursery ?   Our Nursery is located at the Islington Bay end of the island with views looking out across to Auckland's North Shore and over Gardiner Gap to Rangitoto. The ...
30. Weedbusters' Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)
... activity suspended as the farm commenced aerial spraying of Apple of Sodom and thistle during the period 5th to 12 October. A weedbusters working bee was held on Rangitoto 24/25th October to remove the ...
31. The Ecological Project
(Restoration/Ecological)
"Motutapu and Rangitoto provide an unrivalled opportunity for ecological restoration. Their size, isolation, diverse geological characteristics and wide range of habitat types provide ideal conditions ...
32. Weedbusting - What's it about?
(Restoration/Ecological)
... As in the City, so too on the adjacent islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Motutapu is also blessed with rich volcanic soils courtesy of Rangitoto and this allows weeds to readily establish and threaten our ...
33. Maori Settlement Timeline
(Heritage/Maori Settlement)
... by the addition of charcoal, sand and shell fragments Around 1400 Eruption of Rangitoto Intermittent ash showers for possibly up to 200 years Eruption smothered Motutpau in ash and caused widespread ...
34. European Settlement Timeline
(Heritage/European Settlement)
A Timeline of Early European Settlement through to 1945 1820 Samuel Marsden crosses between Rangitoto and Motutapu in his whale boat. The boat has to be dragged by 50 Maori over the sandbank and into ...
35. The DUAL2010
(Projects & Events/Events)
DUAL2010 MOTUTAPU - RANGITOTO TRAVERSE Saturday 27 March 2010 Another fantastic Dual- This time New Zealand's first ever pest free sporting event ! Our competitors were welcomed by James Brown and ...
36. DUAL2011
(Projects & Events/Events)
DUAL2011 MOTUTAPU - RANGITOTO TRAVERSE Diarise this date - SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2011 DUAL2011, a participant sports event offering trail running and ...
37. The Farm
(About Us/The Island)
...  Lush pasture of Motutapu - Auckland's iconic backdrop, Rangitoto, features on right                ...
38. The Causeway
(About Us/The Island)
Joined at the hip !       March 1942 - July 1943 The US Navy constructed 9km of link roads plus a wharf (Yankee Wharf) at Islington Bay, Rangitoto, and built the Causeway ...
39. The DUAL2009
(Projects & Events/Events)
DUAL2009 Motutapu-Rangitoto Traverse proves a winner On a beautiful Saturday in late March, an amazing 1450 participants took part in the inaugural Multisport Dual Motutapu-Rangitoto Traverse. ...
40. Our Achievements
(About Us/The Trust)
... of possums and wallabies from Rangitoto and Motutapu by the  Department of Conservation Fenced off forest remnants on the coastal fringe and inland Built a nursery to raise native plants on the island ...
41. Gun Emplacements
(Heritage/Military)
... in the Auckland area so it was agreed NZ needed to build a battery. The NZ Government wanted to set the guns up at Milford but the British insisted they be placed on Rangitoto. As Rangitoto was already ...
42. Examples of Issues
(Education for Sustainability/Teacher Guidelines)
... awash with weeds? Rangitoto-adjoining Motutapu, an island of Rhamnus, or the world's largest Pohutukawa forest? How to defend the two islands from plant pests and animal pest hitchhikers and arrivals. ...
43. The Pest Eradication
(News/Current News)
... is the most complex island pest eradication ever attempted any where in the world according to the Department of Conservation It is being carried out to rid Rangitoto and Motutapu of animal pests that ...
44. Getting There
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)
Getting to Motutapu   You can get to Motutapu in any of the following ways: Fullers Ferry Own kayak Own boat Water Taxi Swim? Walk across from Rangitoto Home Bay, Motutapu. Restoration ...
45. MOEC
(Tourism and Recreation/Facilities & Activities)
... study subjects for both Rangitoto and Motutapu. The Resource Room is a converted dormitory used extensively for marine and environmental studies, artworks, meetings and wet weather activities. The ...
46. Location
(About Us/The Island)
The island of Motutapu lies in the inner Hauraki Gulf adjacent to Rangitoto Island, just a short ferry ride from Downtown Auckland, the largest centre of population in New Zealand. New Zealand is situated ...
47. Important Bio-security Information
(Get Involved/Volunteer)
Important Bio-Security Information ship rat eating a fantail chick - photo David Mudge With the pest eradication programme currently underway, visitors to Motutapu and Rangitoto need to observe ...
48. Island Flora
(About Us/The Island)
... would have been covered with coastal lowland forest similar to that growing on Waiheke and other Hauraki Gulf islands. The Rangitoto eruption, 600 years ago, understandably had a major impact on this forest. ...
49. Island Fauna
(About Us/The Island)
... have already been eradicated from Rangitoto and Motutapu. The remaining pests are targeted for eradication in winter 2009.    Birds Motutapu has a wide range of birds, both native and exotic, who ...
50. Volunteer Activities
(Get Involved/Volunteer)
... and the nursery often requires a clean up. A low level of fitness is required. We transport you to our nursery situated at the Rangitoto (western) side of the island near Islington Bay. Through the power ...
51. The Island
(Category)
Motutapu, sacred island, is one of the many beautiful islands that dot the Hauraki Gulf. A sizeable 1509 hectares, it is situated alongside and joined by causeway to Rangitoto, Aucklands iconic volcanic ...
52. Teacher Guidelines
(Category)
... awash with weeds? Rangitoto-adjoining Motutapu, an island of Rhamnus, or the world's largest Pohutukawa forest? How to defend the two islands from plant pests and animal pest hitchhikers and arrivals. ...
53. Maori Settlement
(Category)
... visit came the collective name that was later applied to all of the islands in the Gulf including Rangitoto and Motutapu. It was 'Nga poito o te Kupenga o Toi Te Huatahi ' or, 'the floats of the fishing ...
54. Volunteer
(Category)
... how it was pre Rangitoto eruption 600 years ago. There is much work to be done. It is undoubtedly an ambitious project of large scale proportions. there is much to be done. The ultimate goal is to return ...
55. Ecological
(Category)
"Motutapu and Rangitoto provide an unrivalled opportunity for ecological restoration. Their size, isolation, diverse geological characteristics and wide range of habitat types provide ideal conditions ...
56. Events
(Category)
Current examples of annual events on the island include the phenomenally successful annual multisport DUAL Motutapu-Rangitoto traverse and the Auckland Heritage Festival island tours. Other future events ...
57. Pest Eradication FAQ
(Category)
... that took place over Rangitoto and Motutapu during the winter of 2009. There has been a measure of misinformation in the media and also some misunderstanding among the general public about the programme ...
58. Heritage
(Section)
In this section of our website we want to share with you the many stories of Motutapu.    From early Maori settlement in the 1300's, the eruption and appearance of next door neighbour Rangitoto, the ...
59. Projects & Events
(Section)
... progress we are making in further developing the island restoration.   Current examples of annual events on the island include the phenomenally successful annual multisport DUAL Motutapu-Rangitoto ...
60. Restoration
(Section)
... community that was once present on Motutapu after the Rangitoto eruption when the Maori community was present. Three major themes underlie the restoration working plan and determine the direction of ...
61. Front Page
(Section)
Motutapu, linked by causeway to Rangitoto, is New Zealand's best volunteering destination . Volunteer work for The Motutapu Restoration Trust includes tree planting, conservation, beach cleanups and other ...
... WWII coastal defences. Camp overnight at Home Bay and spend several days walking Motutapu and her upstart neighbour Rangitoto. These two iconic Hauraki Gulf islands represent the oldest and youngest ...
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