New Zealand - Waiuku Railway - The arrival of the first train at Waiuku - 12/1/1922 - Eric Hay Photographer - Originally published in "The Auckland Weekly News" #335976 - Waiuku is a country town in the Auckland Region. - The Māori name Waiuku comes from a legend that two prominent brothers, Tamakae and Tamakou, vied for the hand of a beautiful high-ranking Waikato chieftainess. - Waiuku came into existence as a port in about 1843, on the then important trade route between Auckland and the agricultural area of the Waikato. It was also the terminal of an ancient Maori portage between the Waikato River and the Manukau Harbour.