Pakihi Island
Island in New Zealand
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Pakihi Island[1] is a privately owned island located in the Hauraki Gulf to the east of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. With an area of 114 hectares (280 acres),[2] it is one of the smallest of the Hauraki Gulf Islands. It is located 1 km southwest of Ponui Island, and 1.5 km offshore from Waitawa Regional Park.
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| Coordinates | 36.908°S 175.164°E |
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Description
The island's land use is primarily pastoral and plantations, but with some areas of native vegetation.[3]
History
The island was purchased from Sir John Logan Campbell by the McCallum family in 1894 (along with the neighbouring, much smaller Karamuramu Island).[4] William Fraser McCallum and his brothers created a partnership in 1904 and quarried red chert on the island from 1906 until 1927,[5] used extensively to create concrete structures in the growing city of Auckland.[6] As a wharf, they sank the first iron ship built in Auckland, the 1876 Rotomahana.[7]