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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Great Barrier Island, Waiheke Island, Rangitoto Island, Motutapu Island, Browns Island, Auckland, Kawau Island, Stony Batter, Motuihe Island, Waitemata Harbour, Achilles Point, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Little Barrier Island, Rakino Island, Waiheke Radio, Rabbit Island, New Zealand, Beach FM, Waiheke Island Aerodrome, Mokohinau Islands, Goat Island, Auckland, Great Barrier Aerodrome, SeaLink Travel Group, Rotoroa Island, Ponui Island, Pakatoa Island, Kaikoura Island, Tarahiki Island, Windy Canyon, Community and People of Waiheke Island, Takangaroa, Mount Hobson, Great Barrier Island, Dragon Island, The Noises, Shakespear Regional Park, Colville Channel, Wairahi River, Rangitoto Channel, Jellicoe Channel, Cradock Channel, Rangitoto Lighthouse, Ostend, New Zealand, Blackpool, New Zealand, Tamaki Strait, Onetangi Bay, Matiatia, Oneroa, New Zealand. Excerpt: Waiheke Island (pronounced in M ori but often in English) is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about 17.7 km (11.0 mi) from Auckland. The island is the second-largest in the Hauraki Gulf after Great Barrier Island. It is the most populated, with nearly 8,000 permanent residents plus another estimated 3,400 who have second or holiday homes on the island. It is New Zealand's most densely populated island, with 83.58 people/km, and the third most populated after the North and South Island. It is the most accessible offshore island in the Gulf, due to regular passenger and car ferry services and some air links. Waiheke translates as "the descending waters" or "ebbing water." This refers to an event when Maori Explorer Kahumatamomoe landed on the island and urinated. The name originally referred only to the stream at Onetangi, but now is used to refer to the entire island. The island is 19.3 km (12.0 mi) long from west to east, varies in width from 0....
