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The other listed destinations were Istanbul, Berlin, Cape Town, Saqqara, Washington DC, Cambodia, Waiheke Island, Cartagena, Waterton Lakes National Park, the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, Alabama and the Lassen Volcanic National Park
* 92 km < sup > 2 </ sup > – Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Air Discovery also operate a service from Tauranga and Waiheke Island, and Sunair from Whitianga.
She later lived in several parts of New Zealand's North Island, including Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, the Horowhenua, Palmerston North, Waiheke, Stratford, Browns Bay and Levin.
In July 2011 Kim and Jeanette Goldwater gifted a 14-hectare winery in Waiheke Island to the University.
Mainland New Zealand more commonly refers to the North and South Island combined, as opposed to offshore islands such as Stewart Island, Waiheke Island, Great Barrier Island, and the Chatham Islands
Category: People from Waiheke Island
** Woolworths – 28 full-service supermarkets, operating across the North Island of New Zealand, plus Waiheke Islandall stores rebranding to Countdown by late 2012.
Waiheke Island (; Māori: ) is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about from Auckland.
Waiheke Island is off the coast of the North Island.
Waiheke Island is a popular holiday spot, and during the main summer season, especially around Christmas and Easter, the population on the island increases substantially due to the number of holiday homes being rented out, corporate functions and dance parties at vineyards and restaurants, the Wine Festival and the Jazz Festival and weekend trippers from around the country and the world.
Waiheke Island demographic composition is 82 % European, 12 % Maori, 4 % Pacific Islander and 2 % Asian.
Waiheke Island is part of the territorial authority of Auckland City.
In 1991, the city responded to a campaign run by a pro-union group, the Waiheke Island Residents & Ratepayers Association ( Inc ) by holding a democratic referendum.
The Royal Commission recommended that Waiheke Island retain its community board with enhanced powers.
There are various other air connections including Air Discovery, an aeroplane service based at the privately operated Waiheke Island Aerodrome ( NZKE ) near Onetangi Bay, and a number of Auckland helicopter operators that charter to the island.
Waiheke is connected to the North Island electricity network by undersea cables from Maraetai on the mainland.
Waiheke Island has two primary schools: Waiheke Primary School in Ostend serves Years 1 to 8 and has around 230 students, and Te Huruhi School in Surfdale serves Years 1 to 6 and has around 370 students.

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Waiheke has several locations of interest to geologists, namely an argillite outcrop in Omiha Bay and a chert stack at the end of Pohutukawa Point, the latter considered as " one of the best exposures of folded chert in Auckland City ".
Waiheke has a resident population of 8, 730 people ( 2011 ) with most of the population living close to the western end of the island, or near the isthmus between Huruhi Bay and Oneroa Bay which, at its narrowest, is only 600 metres wide.
The increase in wealth on Waiheke is also reflected in the number of families earning more than $ 100, 000 per year, which has more than doubled in 2007 since 2001.
The island has a lively press, with two weekly newspapers vying for attention: the long-established independently-owned Waiheke Gulf News and the Fairfax Media owned Waiheke Marketplace.
The island also has a secondary school, Waiheke High School, in Surfdale adjacent to Te Huruhi School which serves Years 7 to 13 and has around 450 students.
Waiheke Island has become known as New Zealand's " island of wine ," home to a dedicated group of winegrowers who have successfully matched the maritime climate and ancient soil structures to the selection of classical grape varieties to produce red and white wines with distinctive varietal character.
* Edbrooke Vineyard-Jeremy Edbrooke has over planted in Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris grapes which are supplied to Waiheke Island's Passage Rock Wines.
The Tamaki River also has a marina / ferry wharf at Half Moon Bay, from where commuter ferries depart for the Auckland CBD and car / passenger ferries for Waiheke Island.
* 10 May: A letter sent to the New Zealand prime minister alleges that foot and mouth disease has been released on Waiheke Island.

Waiheke and many
The local apartment owners are described as a relatively affluent and somewhat older demographic, with many using their apartments only as their ' city home ' while living on places like Waiheke Island during the weekend.

Waiheke and scenic
HeliScene is the Waiheke based helicopter operator providing transfers, scenic flights and tours from the island.

Waiheke and all
One member on the City Council represents all the inhabited Hauraki Gulf Islands ( i. e. Waiheke, Great Barrier and Rakino ) plus the downtown area in the central business district.
During World War II, three gun emplacements were built on the eastern edge of Waiheke to protect Allied shipping in Waitemata Harbour, in the fear that Japanese ships might reach all the way to New Zealand.

Waiheke and around
Other islands in the gulf include Browns Island, Motuihe Island, Pakihi Island, Pakatoa Island, Rakino Island, and Rotoroa Island in the inner gulf, around Waiheke and Rangitoto ; Tarahiki Island just east of Waiheke ; Motukawao Islands and Whanganui Island in the lee of the Coromandel Peninsula ; and Channel Island in the outer gulf.

Waiheke and island
It is the most accessible offshore island in the Gulf, due to regular passenger and car ferry services, a Waiheke based helicopter operator and some other air links.
One of the earliest Māori land claims was driven by Waiheke citizens, who at the time did not know who the tangata whenua Māori were for the island.
The Waiheke Bus Company ( owned by Fullers ) services most inhabited parts of the island, linking to the ferry sailings from Matiatia.
Over 1, 500 adult residents of the island ( out of perhaps 3, 000 ) joined together in an incorporated society, the Community and People of Waiheke Island ( CAPOW ), to oppose the private plan change in court.
It is located to the southeast of Waiheke Island, at the eastern end of the Tamaki Strait, which separates the island from the Hunua Ranges on the mainland to the south.

Waiheke and .
Waiheke is very hilly with few flat areas, the highest point being Maunganui at.
The local marae was not ancestral Māori land held in Māori title but belonged to the Waiheke County Council.
From 1970 until its amalgamation with Auckland City in 1989, it was administered by the Waiheke County Council.
In 1989, the former Waiheke County Council was forcibly amalgamated with Auckland City Council as part of Local Government restructuring of that year.
In 1990 the Waiheke Community Board formally requested the right to de-amalgamate from the City.
The Waiheke Local Board was elected in the October 2010 Auckland local elections as part of the Auckland Council.

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