New Zealand - Waiuku - Waiuku Junior School - Junior 2 and Standard 1 - 1979 Photo Courtesy of Lisa Higgins Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Waiuku - 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.