Tamaki River

And Otara, not many people know this, but Otara started off, the Otara township, if you like, or the Otara focus of a European settlement started at Hunter's Corner.

And that came about as a result of the fenceable settlement in Otahu across the creek, across the Tamaki Estuary.

And when those settlers decided that the green lands over this side were going to be good for farming.

They came across the creek and settled the whole area and it became quite a thriving farming area.