longer indigenous wetland or vegetation. Even if the key existing areas were to be protected, further buffers and corridors that give better connection between the natural areas would be needed to encourage the recovery of biodiversity. Timeline c. 1300: The Maori chief Rongomai arrives in his canoe Māhuhu from Hawaiki, and is drowned at the harbour entrance. 1807 or 1808: Ngapuhi fight Ngāti Whātua, Te-Uri-o-Hau and Te Roroa iwi at the battle of Moremonui on the west coast of Northland, the first battle in which Maori used muskets. 1839: European settlers begin arriving to fell and mill kauri trees. 1840: The Aurora, a 550-ton barque, is the first European ship to be wrecked at the entrance. 1860s: The timber industry is established. 1899: The timber industry peaks. c. 1939: Timber trade ends, and the area becomes a backwater. 2002: Crown settles historical claims of Te Uri o Hau 2005: Filmmaker Barry Barclay makes his documentary, The Kaipara Affair. 2008: Biomarine receives resource consent to establish an oyster farm 2008: Crest Energy receives resource consent to install tidal turbines See also Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association Pouto Peninsula Alan Gibbs - Gibbs Farm References Further reading Diggle, E and Diggle, KGL (2007 8th ed) New Zealand Shipwrecks: Over 200 Years of Disasters at Sea. Hachette Livre. Haggit T, Mead S and M Bellingham (2008) Review of Environmental Information on the Kaipara Harbour ARC Technical Publication TP 354 (9 parts). Kaipara Harbour Paulin CD and Paul LJ (2006) "The Kaipara mullet fishery: nineteenth-century management issues revisited" Tuhinga, 17: 1–26. Scott, Dick (1988) Seven Lives on Salt River. Hodder & Stoughton/Southern Cross. (explores seven early families who lived on the shores of the Pahi and Arapāoa rivers). External links Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai – coalition of Māori environmental guardians supporting the management of customary fishing areas. Kaipara lighthouse 1884, NZ Geography of the Auckland Region Geography of the Northland Region Kaipara District Ports and harbours of New Zealand Rodney District