New Zealand - Auckland - Waiuku Primary School - Centennial Year - Room 2 - 1973 Photo Courtesy of Leonie Wells 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. --------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 03011