engine. Spans washed out in a 1918 flood. It collapsed under 2 trucks in 1928. Four piers were undermined in May 1938, closing the bridge until September. Waitangi Regional Park Waitangi Regional Park covers about and extends about along the coast between Awatoto and Haumoana. A wetland was re-established in 2019. Birds in the area include herons, spoonbills, godwits, and gannets. Fertiliser factory Just to the north of the wetland is the largest superphosphate factory in the country, producing around 250,000 tonnes a year. It began in 1953 on and was bought by Ravensdown in 1987. It is Napier port’s largest importer. Rinse water from a boiler water treatment plant is discharged into the estuary. In 2020 aluminium, cadmium, copper, chromium, zinc, fluoride, nitrate and nickel levels in the drain were above ANZECC (2000) trigger levels. Suburb Awatoto is partly an industrial area. Paua Fresh Ltd is an abalone farm in Awatoto, Napier. The facility is currently producing 6,000 kg annually, and sells live abalone throughout New Zealand, and can also supply frozen product if requested. The coast at Awatoto is mostly used for fishing. Water activities do take place at the Awatoto river mouth just south of the industrial area. Awatoto is the site of water extraction and bottling. References Beaches of the Hawke's Bay Region Suburbs of Napier, New Zealand Populated places around Hawke Bay