Point England - Location
Point England is a suburb located in ____ Auckland. Point England is surrounded by the ______ of Glen Innes, Panmure, Wai o Taki, and Glendowie.
The suburb is ____ after the point that _____ out into the Tamaki _____ which was first called Wai o Taki.
Pt England also sits in the shadow of Maungarei (Mt Wellington) _______ to the south-west of Pt England.
River | sticks | suburbs | East | located |
Point England - History
Ngati Paoa are the local Iwi, and lived along the _________ side of the Tamaki River starting nearly 250 years ago (in 1780). This _____ was known as Mokoia.
European _______ described the area as “the greatest piece of farmed land in New Zealand” because of the food that was grown, and the health of the people they met.
Ngati Paoa _______ the Treaty of Waitangi at a beach not far from Pt England called Karaka Bay.
Pt England School works _______ with Ngati Paoa to make sure we look after the land (whenua) and the people (tangata) properly.
area | settlers | signed | closely | western |
Chief Te Takahi Puhata of Ngati Paoa
Point England - History cont.
Point England began to be _____________ in the 1950’s. The houses in Pt England were built for returning service men & women, _________, who had fought in World War 2 for ___ _________.
For this reason, a lot of the roads in the area are named after ___________ battles, and locations from World War 2, including Tripoli Road, Dunkirk Road, and Alamein Road.
Point England School was ________ around the same time, in 1953 as a place for these service men & women to send their children.
developed | important | soldiers | founded | New Zealand |
Glen Innes, Point England & Tamaki River as seen from a plane in 1953