Puhinui Reserve

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Puhinui Reserve
Puhinui Pond Crater.jpg
The Puhinui Pond Crater, one of the three volcanic maar lakes located in the reserve
Puhinui Reserve
TypePublic park
Location Wiri, Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates 37°01′12″S174°50′20″E / 37.020°S 174.839°E / -37.020; 174.839
Area199 ha (490 acres) [1]
Created1991 (1991)
Operated by Auckland Council
StatusOpen year round

The Puhinui Reserve is a protected working farm and wetland area in South Auckland, New Zealand, on the shores of the Manukau Harbour. It is the location of the Puhinui Craters, and is an area of historic significance to Waiohua iwi.

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Geography and geology

The Puhinui Reserve is a peninsula, found between the Puhinui Creek and the Manukau Harbour. [2] [1] The soil is predominantly composed of ash, alluvium and peat. [3]

The reserve includes the Puhinui Craters, three maar lakes first recognised as volcanic craters in 2011. [4]

Biodiversity

A tunnelling mud crab, endemic to New Zealand, observed in the Manukau Harbour close to the Puhinui Reserve Austrohelice crassa in Puhinui Reserve.jpg
A tunnelling mud crab, endemic to New Zealand, observed in the Manukau Harbour close to the Puhinui Reserve

The reserve is the largest area of saltmarsh remaining on the Manukau Harbour, situated on the estuarine transitional zone between the freshwater Puhinui Creek and the saltwater Manukau Harbour. [5] The sandflats, mangroves and shellbanks support populations of the buff-banded rail and the New Zealand fernbird. [5]

History

Similar to Ihumātao located closeby on the Manukau Harbour, the Puhinui Reserve area has been settled by Tāmaki Māori peoples for at least six hundred years, as a gardening and food gathering area. [3] It is adjacent to the Waokauri / Pūkaki portage, one of the three major points where waka could be hauled between the Manukau Harbour and the east coast, [6] and the Puhinui Creek, which provided access to much of inland the South Auckland area (and to the Manukau Harbour in turn). [3] The area is of particular significance to Waiohua iwi, including Te Ākitai Waiohua and Ngāti Te Ata. [3]

In the 1850s, the land became a part of the McLaughlin family's Puhi Nui estate. [3]

The reserve was purchased by the Manukau City Council in 1991. [3] The reserve is managed as a working sheep and cattle farm, [7] as well as a protected wetland. [5]

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