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Manukau Harbour : a bibliography of publications relating to the Manukau Harbour New Zealand / compiled by J.B. Ringer.

By: Ringer, J. B. (James Bruce).
Contributor(s): Manukau (N.Z.). City Council | Manukau Community & Information Services | Manukau Harbour Protection Society.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Manukau City, N.Z.] : Manukau Community & Information Services : Manukau Harbour Protection Society, 1999Edition: Second edition.Description: 154 pages : map ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0473060302; 9780473060305.Subject(s): HARBOURS | CATCHMENTS | GEOLOGY | CLIMATE | ECOLOGY | FISHERIES | MĀORI | NAVIGATION | SHIPPING | SEWAGE DISPOSAL | WASTE DISPOSAL | POLLUTION | ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS | BIBLIOGRAPHIES | MANUKAU HARBOUR | NEW ZEALANDHoldings: GRETA POINT: 504:016(931.212) RIN
Contents:
Preface -- How to use this bibliography -- Map: Manukau Harbour catchment -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographies -- General works -- Climate -- Geology -- Volcanology -- Engineering and economic geology -- Hydrology and sedimentology -- Ecology -- Marine and seashore ecology -- Botany -- Birdlife -- Fisheries -- Māori and the Manukau -- Place names -- Myths and legends -- History and traditions -- Archaeology -- Land and fisheries -- Marae -- History and development -- Early travellers -- Missionaries -- Settlement and development -- Historic places -- Industry and commerce -- Land transport -- Navigation and shipping -- Maps and charts -- Lighthouses -- Shipwrecks -- Canals and waterways -- Pollution -- Sewage and waste disposal -- Brown's Island controversy -- Mangere sewage purification works -- Sewage disposal -- Solid waste disposal -- Developments affecting the Harbour -- Auckland International Airport -- Steel mills -- Power stations -- Motorways -- Reclamations and foreshore work -- Container terminal -- Fertilizer works -- Pipelines -- LPG terminal -- Conservation and restoration -- Manukau Harbour Action Plan -- Local authority planning -- Water resources -- Stormwater management and flood control -- Recreation and parks -- Recreation -- Parks and reserves -- Pictorial works -- Literary associations -- Topographical maps -- Author index.
Review: “This bibliography lists items relating to the ecology and history of the Manukau Harbour. The Manukau Harbour extends more than thirty kilometres from west to east, from its narrow outlet at the Manukau Heads to the far reaches of inlets such as the Pahurehure Inlet at Papakura, and an equal distance from north to south, from Onehunga to the upper reaches of the Waiuku River. It covers almost 39,000 hectares, and has more than 640 kilometres of shoreline. The Manukau’s largely shallow tidal waters are bordered by the Waitakere Ranges to the north, but elsewhere by low cliffs and narrow sandy beaches. Mudflats and eelgrass flats stretch out from its shore, and mangroves cluster in its numerous inlets. Thousands of birds make their home on the harbour: godwits, wrybills, stilts, oystercatchers, gulls, dotterels, shags, gannets, and many other species. The Manukau has long been an important food source for the Māori people of the region, as a fishing ground for flounder, eels, snapper, kahawai, mullet, stingray, shark, and as a source of mussels, scallops, cockles, pipi and other shellfish. In recent decades, however, these riches have been reduced by pollution, runoff from factories and farms, sewage discharges, and by reclamations along the shoreline. Efforts are now underway to clean up the harbour, and to restore it as far as possible to its former purity. The Manukau is once again being recognised as one of Auckland’s most important natural resources.” -- Preface, page 5.
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On cover: Manukau City Council.

Previous edition published 1991.

Includes index.

Preface -- How to use this bibliography -- Map: Manukau Harbour catchment -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographies -- General works -- Climate -- Geology -- Volcanology -- Engineering and economic geology -- Hydrology and sedimentology -- Ecology -- Marine and seashore ecology -- Botany -- Birdlife -- Fisheries -- Māori and the Manukau -- Place names -- Myths and legends -- History and traditions -- Archaeology -- Land and fisheries -- Marae -- History and development -- Early travellers -- Missionaries -- Settlement and development -- Historic places -- Industry and commerce -- Land transport -- Navigation and shipping -- Maps and charts -- Lighthouses -- Shipwrecks -- Canals and waterways -- Pollution -- Sewage and waste disposal -- Brown's Island controversy -- Mangere sewage purification works -- Sewage disposal -- Solid waste disposal -- Developments affecting the Harbour -- Auckland International Airport -- Steel mills -- Power stations -- Motorways -- Reclamations and foreshore work -- Container terminal -- Fertilizer works -- Pipelines -- LPG terminal -- Conservation and restoration -- Manukau Harbour Action Plan -- Local authority planning -- Water resources -- Stormwater management and flood control -- Recreation and parks -- Recreation -- Parks and reserves -- Pictorial works -- Literary associations -- Topographical maps -- Author index.

“This bibliography lists items relating to the ecology and history of the Manukau Harbour. The Manukau Harbour extends more than thirty kilometres from west to east, from its narrow outlet at the Manukau Heads to the far reaches of inlets such as the Pahurehure Inlet at Papakura, and an equal distance from north to south, from Onehunga to the upper reaches of the Waiuku River. It covers almost 39,000 hectares, and has more than 640 kilometres of shoreline. The Manukau’s largely shallow tidal waters are bordered by the Waitakere Ranges to the north, but elsewhere by low cliffs and narrow sandy beaches. Mudflats and eelgrass flats stretch out from its shore, and mangroves cluster in its numerous inlets. Thousands of birds make their home on the harbour: godwits, wrybills, stilts, oystercatchers, gulls, dotterels, shags, gannets, and many other species. The Manukau has long been an important food source for the Māori people of the region, as a fishing ground for flounder, eels, snapper, kahawai, mullet, stingray, shark, and as a source of mussels, scallops, cockles, pipi and other shellfish. In recent decades, however, these riches have been reduced by pollution, runoff from factories and farms, sewage discharges, and by reclamations along the shoreline. Efforts are now underway to clean up the harbour, and to restore it as far as possible to its former purity. The Manukau is once again being recognised as one of Auckland’s most important natural resources.” -- Preface, page 5.

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