E ngā kaihoko mātau ki te tūnga – kua kitea e koutou! Mo te wā tuatahi i roto i ngā tau neke atu i te 35, koinei te nohoanga tata ki te pari me te taha moana 'i te pai rawa atu' – kei te pūtahi o ngā Hauwhā Rāwhiti o te tāone nui o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ko te ātaahua o te takutai o St Heliers e karanga ana i tō tatau o mua - he hīkoi iti iho i te 2 meneti te tawhiti, ā, ko te tirohanga whānui e hora ana i te awa o Rangitoto ki Devonport, North Head, te Piriti o te Whanga, me te pae tāone o te CBD, e whakaū ana kua tika tō hokonga i tēnei rawa me ngā tōmuritanga rā me ngā maharatanga hei pārekareka.
Me te maha o ngā tirohanga rerekē ia rā ki ngā mahi wai i runga i te Whanga o Waitemata e pīataata ana, ka taea e koe te mātakitaki i ngā kaipuke tere, ngā yachts, ngā kaiwhai hau, ngā kaiwhakatere hiko, ngā kaihoe papa, me ngā kaihoe waka - i a koe e miharo ana ki ngā tirohanga e toro atu ana i te raina takutai o St Heliers ki te takutai o Kohimarama, me tua atu.
Kua tohua hei Whare Noho Tāone me te Taitara Korehere o te 610sqm tae atu ki te taha rori me tētahi ara motuhake i uru mai i muri, kei te rite te whare o ngā tau 1950 kia whakahoutia hei tāpiri i te uara nui, hei whakawhanake rānei. Ko ngā āheinga ka tino whakakī i tō whakaaro ki te hoahoa anō, ki te hanga rānei i tō mahinga whānau o te anamata.
Kei te tū tata ki te hīkoi poto i te kainga o St Heliers me te huarahi takutai e piupiu ana, me te ngāwari o te urunga atu ki te waka tūmatanui. He iti iho i te 20 meneti te taraiwa atu ki te CBD o Tāmaki Makaurau mā te huarahi ataahua o Tamaki Drive i te taha moana.
He kore utu ngā moemoeā – he onge ngā rawa pēnei, kāore e kōrerotia kei te tata o te pokapū o tō tātou tāone nui rawa atu i Aotearoa. Anei he tuku motuhake e tika ana mō tō whakaaro wawe, ā, kei te tino hokona!
Ka tere mārama ngā kaihoko mātau ki te pūmanawa, me te āheinga motuhake o tēnei taonga kāore anō kia oti te whakamārama, e tohu ana i te ataahua o ngā whakaata takutai. Kei te tatari te hae a te tokomaha ki a koe.
He rite tonu pea ngā tirohanga – engari he pēnei te āheinga i tēnei wāhi kua roa e pupuri tautiakitia ana i te 'rarangi o ngā miriona miriona' kei te wātea ināianei!
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