 Māori gave the area the name "Tāmaki Makau Rau", meaning the isthmus desired by hundred lovers, this area is now encompassed by the City of Auckland.The name Tamaki Drive has since been given to the road which follows the coastline of the southern shore of the Harbour.At the time when Europeans began to establish homes in the Auckland area, the Māori tribe ("iwi"), "Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei" controlled the area, with Okahu Bay serving as a key site, overlooked by Bastion Point.