Streams

• Pakuranga Creek

  Pakuranga Creek in east Auckland is mostly a tidal estuary bordered by mangroves. It flows in an east west direction to drain into the Tamaki Estuary and possibly covers the largest catchment area for the Estuary. Its four main tributaries are freshwater streams, mostly heavily modified with concrete channeling. Nearer the estuary it is lined […]

• Otara Creek

  Ōtara Creek is a mid-order, low gradient stream. Its origins are heavily modified and largely comprised of industrial and residential areas. The creek flows from Flat Bush and discharges to the Tāmaki River. The Ōtara Creek monitor was placed in the creek beside Lovegrove Crescent. Unfortunately after several months of collecting data which sporadically showed […]

• Omaru Creek

  Ōmaru Creek springs out of the north western ridge-line capped with St Heliers Bay Road. It runs 3.2 kilometers as a long undulating stream through the center of the Glen Innes suburb, through Point England Reserve, into the Wai o Taiki Bay and then the Tāmaki Estuary, which connects into the Waitemata Harbour. In 2014 […]

• Glendowie Stream

  Glendowie Stream, within Churchill Park, is a lovely waterway, flowing underground through the suburb of Glendowie for long sections and surfacing across the southern border of Churchill Park. After leaving the park it is piped beneath Glendowie Reserve, surfacing again at Roberta Ave and then flowing out into the Tāmaki Estuary.  Continued positive action is […]