Main Menu Search Articles Photo Galleries Tramping Kayaking Diving Home Gallery of the moment Muriwai gap year New Zealand Bay of Islands Accommodation Car Rental New Zealand new zealand business directory listings auto insurance quotes Amazing Wilderness About Green Living © TheNewZealandSite « Back Karekare: Mercer Bay The Maori name is Te Unuhanga o Rangitoto and legend has it that this is where Rangitoto Island at the entrance of the Waitemata Harbour came from. February 2002