Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve
Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve | |
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View through rock arch towards Te Hoho Rock in Cathedral Cove | |
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Location | New Zealand |
Coordinates | 36°49′42″S 175°47′24″E / 36.82833°S 175.79000°ECoordinates: 36°49′42″S 175°47′24″E / 36.82833°S 175.79000°E |
Area | 840 ha |
Established | 1992 |
Governing body | Department of Conservation |
Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve is on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, covering an area of 840 hectares (2,100 acres).[1]
The area is very popular with tourists, and receives around 150,000 visitors per year.[2]
The Māori name Te Whanganui-A-Hei (the Great Bay of Hei) refers to Hei, a tohunga from the Te Arawa waka.[3] According to tradition, Hei chose the area around Mercury Bay as home for his tribe, proclaiming ownership by calling Motueka Island "Te Kuraetanga-o-taku-Ihu" (the outward curve of my nose.) It is said he made this claim near the site of the present-day of Hahei.
The cave and beach was used as the tunnel through which the Pevensie children first re-enter Narnia in the movie version of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. More recently the cove was used as one of the locations in the music video for the song "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton.
See also
References
- ↑ "Marine Reserve (Whanganui A Hei (Cathedral Cove)) Order 1992 (SR 1992/387)". New Zealand Government. 24 December 1992. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ O'Rourke, Simon (2007-11-02). "Billionaire in coast dust-up". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ↑ "Tikanga Maori", Department of Conservation
External links
- Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve at the Department of Conservation