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# Shimon Moyal

Shimon Moyal (1866–1915) was a Zionist activist and physician. He worked for several newspapers and started a short-lived newspaper with his wife, Esther Moyal. He was the translator of the Talmud into Arabic language.

## Early life and education

Moyal was born in Jaffa in 1866. His father was Yousef Moyal whose family were wealthy Jews from Morocco who settled in Palestine. Shimon's brother, David Moyal (1880–1953), was a lawyer and activist. Shimon attended Jewish religious schools in Palestine. Then he went to Beirut where he studied Arabic and French languages. Next he studied medicine in Cairo.

## Activities and career

During his studies in Cairo and later Moyal worked for different publications. One of them was Al Muqattam, a Cairo-based newspaper. He and his wife, Esther Moyal, returned to Palestine in late 1908 shortly after the Young Turk revolution in the Ottoman Empire.
In 1909 Moyal published an Arabic translation of Talmud entitled At-Talmud: Asluhu wa-tasalsuluhu wa-adabuhu (Arabic: The Talmud: Its Origin, Transmission, and Ethics) to make Judaism much more known by both Muslims and Christians who could read the Arabic texts. In 1913 he and his friend Nissim Malul launched a Jewish newspaper, Sawt Al Uthmaniyah (Arabic: the Voice of Ottoman), which was published in Arabic. The paper was edited by Moyal and his wife. Moyals and Malul also founded an association, Ha-Magen (Hebrew: The Shield), which aimed to answer to any hostile article against Zionism published in the Arabic publications. Another goal of the association was to encourage greater understanding between Jews and Arabs in Palestine and to support the peaceful relations with Arabs living in the region. Moyal was also very active in the Jaffa freemasonry society and participated in the activities of the Decentralization Party in Egypt (Al-Lamarkaziyah).

## Personal life and death

Moyal married a Beirut-born Jewish journalist Esther Al Azhari in 1894. They had a son, Abdullah Ovadia Nadim. He died in Jaffa in 1915 at the age of 49.
# 2005 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2005 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under second-year head football coach Dave Clawson and played its home games at University of Richmond Stadium.
Richmond finished the regular season with an 8–3 overall record and 7–1 record in conference play, sharing the A-10 title with the University of New Hampshire. The Spiders were awarded an at-large berth in the I-AA playoffs. The Spiders defeated third-seeded Hampton University in the first round of the playoffs, but fell in the quarterfinals to Furman University. The Spiders finished the season with a #8 national ranking according to The Sports Network's Division I-AA poll.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 15 UMass | | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA | | L 6–19 | 6,040 |
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at Lafayette* | | Fisher FieldEaston, PA | | L 0–7 | 5,274 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | at Maine | | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | WABI | W 26–21 | 4,762 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | at Vanderbilt* | | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN | | L 13–37 | 38,446 |
| October 8 | 1:00 pm | Villanova | | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA | | W 38–20 | 3,508 |
| October 15 | 12:00 pm | No. 22 Delaware | | UR StadiumRichmond, VA | | W 20–10 | 3,115 |
| October 22 | 1:00 pm | No. 23 Hofstra | | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA | | W 43–37 $^{2OT}$ | 4,385 |
| October 29 | 3:00 pm | at No. 17 James Madison | | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA | | W 18–15 | 15,124 |
| November 5 | 3:00 pm | VMI* | No. 23 | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA | | W 38–3 | 9,853 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | at Towson | No. 18 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | CSNMA | W 48–21 | 3,472 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | William & Mary | No. 17 | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA (I-64 Bowl) | | W 41–7 | 8,960 |
| November 26 | 8:00 pm | at No. 2 Hampton* | No. 12 | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round) | ESPNU | W 38–10 | 5,343 |
| December 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 Furman* | No. 12 | University of Richmond StadiumRichmond, VA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinals) | ESPNU, ESPNGP | L 20–24 | 6,603 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||
# 1957 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 1957 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1957 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Paul Pierce, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the LSC.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 14 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA | L 7–14 | 6,500 |
| September 21 | McNeese State* | Pritchett FieldHuntsville, TX | L 7–21 | 5,000 |
| October 5 | Sul Ross | Pritchett FieldHuntsville, TX | W 32–7 | 4,500 |
| October 12 | at Texas A&I | Javelina StadiumKingsville, TX | W 21–20 | |
| October 19 | Lamar Tech | Pritchett FieldHuntsville, TX | T 7–7 | |
| October 26 | East Texas State | Pritchett FieldHuntsville, TX | L 13–21 | 6,000 |
| November 2 | Howard Payne | Pritchett FieldHuntsville, TX | W 21–20 | |
| November 9 | at Southwest Texas State | Evans FieldSan Marcos, TX | L 0–9 | |
| November 16 | at Stephen F. Austin | Memorial StadiumNacogdoches, TX (rivalry) | L 14–28 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecoming ||||||
# The Black Carpet (TV series)

The Black Carpet is a show that aired on BET. It presented news and gossip about African-American celebrities. BET aired the show weekly after its original premiere on July 13, 2006, when it replaced BET Style. The show's hosts were Touré and Danella.
Touré confirmed that the show was cancelled in late 2008. The last episode was aired on December 24, 2008.
# Oswald Jonas

Oswald Jonas (January 10, 1897 – March 19, 1978) was a music theorist and musicologist, and student of Heinrich Schenker. Despite Schenker's conservative nationalist views Jonas was an admirer of Karl Kraus.
In 1935, Jonas founded the Schenker Institut and began publishing Der Dreiklang with Felix Salzer. The Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection, housed at the University of California, Riverside Library, holds the complete diaries of Schenker and much of the correspondence and manuscripts of Erwin Ratz, Jonas's first student. His primary students include Felix Salzer, Ernst Oster, and Sylvan Kalib.
He taught at Roosevelt University in Chicago from 1941 to 1964, and then until his death he taught at the University of California Riverside, where his materials, as well as Schenker's Nachlass, is deposited in the Special Collections Library.
# List of Heroes of the Russian Federation (B)

This is a list of people who have been awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
It has been awarded more than 970 times, of which more than 440 were posthumously.

## List of Heroes of the Russian Federation

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## List of Heroes of the Russian Federation

* Magomed Baachilov (ru)
* Vitaly Babakov (ru)
* Sergey Bavilin (ru)
* Sergey Bavykin (ru)
* Sergey Bagaev (ru)
* Khamzat Badakhov (ru)
* Nikolai Bairov (ru)
* Vadim Baykulov (ru)
* Rasim Baksikov (ru)
* Aleksey Balandin (ru)
* Vladimir Balashov (ru)
* Aleksandr Baranov
* Vladimir Barakhtenko
* Radik Bariev (ru)
* Sergey Barinov (ru)
* Vladimir Barkovsky (ru)
* Yevgeny Barmyantsev (ru)
* Sergey Basurmanov (ru)
* Rizvan Baskhanov (ru)
* Igor Batalov (ru)
* Zeynudin Batmanov (ru)
* Yuri Baturin
* Aleksey Baukin (ru)
* Ruslan Batsaev (ru)
* Sergey Bacherikov (ru)
* Aleksey Bezrukov
* Bakhtyuras Besikbayev
* Oleg Belaventsev
* Eduard Belan (ru)
* Vitaly Belikov
* Vladimir Belov (ru)
* Stepan Belov (ru)
* Aleksandr Beloglazov (ru)
* Aleksandr Belodedov (ru)
* Sergey Belozyorov (ru)
* Vladimir Belyaevsky (ru)
* Dmitry Belyaev (ru)
* Mikhail Belyaev (ru)
* Nikolai Belyaev (ru)
* Azmat Berdiyev (ru)
* Aleksandr Berzin
* Roman Bersenev (ru)
* Aleksandr Beschastnov (ru)
* Soltan-Khamid Bidzhiev (ru)
* Aleksandr Bichayev (ru)
* Roman Blinov (ru)
* Aleksandr Blokhin (ru)
* Yevgeny Bobrov (ru)
* Sergey Bogatikov (ru)
* Andrey Bogatov (ru)
* Sergey Bogdan
* Sergey Bogdanchenko (ru)
* Vladimir Bogodukhov (ru)
* Aleksandr Bogomolov (ru)
* Andrey Bogomolov (ru)
* Dmitry Boaev (ru)
* Sergey Boyko (ru)
* Aleksandr Boykov (ru)
* Pavel Boykov (ru)
* Mustafa Bokov
* Vladimir Bokovikov (ru)
* Ivan Boldyrev
* Vladimir Bolysov (ru)
* Viktor Bondarev
* Sergey Bondarev (ru)
* Aleksandr Bondarenko (ru)
* Oleg Bondarenko (ru)
* Sergey Borin (ru)
* Aleksandr Borisevich (ru)
* Andrey Borisenko
* Yevgeny Borisov (ru)
* Sergey Borisov (ru)
* Yuri Borisov
* Sergey Borisyuk (ru)
* Aleksey Borovikov (ru)
* Vladimir Borovikov (ru)
* Alexander Bortnikov
* Kanamat Botashev
* Aleksey Botyan
* Ivan Bokhonko (ru)
* Andrey Bocharov
* Vyacheslav Bocharov (ru)
* Mikhail Bochenkov (ru)
* Yevgenny Brovko
* Aleksey Brovkovich (ru)
* Nina Brusnikova
* Vasily Bryukhov (ru)
* Vitaly Bugaev (ru)
* Igor Bugay (ru)
* Yekaterina Budanova
* Viktor Budantsev (ru)
* Nikolai Budarin
* Aleksandr Buzin (ru)
* Vladimir Bulgakov (ru)
* Dmitry Bulgakov
* Sergey Burakov (ru)
* Aleksey Burilichev (ru)
* Sergey Burnaev (ru)
* Vladimir Burtsev (ru)
* Aleksey Bukhanov (ru)
* Yuri Buchnev (ru)
* Yevgeny Bushmelev (ru)
* Ivan Bykov (ru)
* Georgy Bystritsky (ru)
* Nikolai Bystritsky (ru)
# Beni Mellal Airport

Beni Mellal Airport (IATA: BEM, ICAO: GMMD) is an airport serving Beni Mellal, Morocco opened in 2014. The airport is located near the township of Oulad Yaich.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Beni Mellal Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Ryanair | Bergamo, Girona, Tangier (begins 1 April 2025) |
# Hu Yukun

Hu Yukun (Chinese: 胡毓坤; pinyin: Hú Yùkūn; Wade–Giles: Hu Yü-k'un; 1885 – May 24, 1946) was a military leader in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Fengtian clique, and was Zhang Xueliang's confidant. Eventually he became an important commander during the Wang Jingwei regime (Republic of China-Nanjing, known also as Reorganised National Government of China). His courtesy name was Lingchen (凌塵). He was born in Haicheng, area of control of the General of Shengjing (now Liaoning).

## Biography

Hu Yukun won promotion in the Fengtian clique, later he was appointed Commander to the 4th Mixed Brigade of the 1st Division which Li Jinglin commanded in 1925. The next year, Li was ruined because of attempting anti-Zhang Zuolin's action. Li's Army was reorganized to the 16th Army and the 17th Army of Anguojun (安国軍), Hu Yukun was catapulted to be Commander of the 17th Army.
On June 4, 1928, Zhang Zuolin was assassinated by the Kwantung Army, and his son Zhang Xueliang succeeded him. Hu Yukun was transferred to the post of Councilor of the Headquarters, Northeast Border Defence Army (東北邊防軍司令部參議官). The next year, requisition of the Chinese Eastern Railway by Zhang Xueliang led to an armed conflict between Zhang and the Soviet Union. Hu was appointed Commander of the 2nd Army of the Defense Forces against Russia (防俄軍). In 1930 Central Plains War broke out, Hu was appointed Commander of the 3rd Army of the Subjugation Forces (討逆軍), and attacked the Anti-Chiang Kai-shek's Army.
In May 1933 Hu Yukun was appointed a member to the Beiping Branch of the Nationalist Government's Military Commission (國民政府軍事委員會北平委員會常務委員). In April 1935 he became corresponding lieutenant general (陸軍中將銜). In December he was appointed a member of the Hebei–Chahar Political Council. In December 1936, shortly after Zhang Xueliang triggered off the Xi'an Incident, Hu also supported Chiang's capture by Zhang. But after this incident, Zhang in turn was arrested by Chiang, so Hu fell from Chiang's favour.
In 1938, Hu Yukun was invited to participate in the Wang Jingwei's group by Bao Wenyue (鮑文樾) who was Hu's colleague. Hu also participated to this group. In March 1940 the Wang Jingwei regime was established, Hu was appointed a member of the Military Committee. The next month, he became Security Commander of the Border Area between Jiangsu and Henan (蘇豫邊區綏靖司令). In 1943 he was appointed a member of the Military Commission to Northern China, and bestowed the rank of General. In next March he was appointed Director General for Northern China (駐華北軍務長官). In April 1945 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Military Committee.
After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Hu Yukun was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's National Government. He was convicted of treason and surrender to the enemy (namely Hanjian) and sentenced to death by a military tribunal. He was executed by firing squad at Nanjing on May 24, 1946.
Military offices :
| Preceded byBao Wenyue | Chief of Army Staff April 1945 – August 1945 | Succeeded byPosition abolished |
# 1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

The 1957 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1957 college football season. In their first year under head coach John Robert Bell, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 14 | Sam Houston State* | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA | W 14–7 | 6,500 |
| September 21 | at Southeastern Louisiana | Strawberry StadiumHammond, LA (Cypress Mug) | T 7–7 | |
| September 28 | at Lamar Tech* | Greenie StadiumBeaumont, TX (rivalry) | L 20–36 | |
| October 5 | at Northeast Louisiana State | Brown StadiumMonroe, LA (rivalry) | W 6–0 | |
| October 12 | at Louisiana Tech | Tech StadiumRuston, LA (rivalry) | L 13–28 | |
| October 19 | Southern Arkansas* | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA | W 25–6 | |
| October 26 | at Trinity (TX)* | San Antonio, TX | L 7–27 | |
| November 2 | Louisiana College* | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA | W 7–0 | |
| November 9 | Northwestern State | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA | L 0–19 | |
| November 23 | McNeese State | McNaspy StadiumLafayette, LA (Cajun Crown) | L 0–13 | 2,500 |
| *Non-conference game ||||||
# The Blitz (TV program)

The Blitz is an American television sports program which consists of scores and highlights of NFL games. It debuted on ESPNEWS on the first day of the 2005 NFL season, September 11, 2005. It airs mainly during the NFL season on Sundays, from 1:00pm ET to 10:00pm ET. This program is currently on hiatus.[citation needed]

## Format

This program used two different formats, as shown below:

### During NFL season

When The Blitz debuted in 2005, it originally consisted of scores and highlights of NFL games around the country, along with analysis from Qadry Ismail, Mike Ditka, and Sean Salisbury. The Blitz also had some non-football highlights (such as college basketball, the NBA, and the like) mixed in. The program went off the air the week after the Super Bowl XL in 2006, and returned on September 10 of that same year. The Blitz would eventually replace the Sunday afternoon and evening editions of "ESPNEWS" (which previously aired on Sundays) from that point until February 3, 2008. The Blitz reverted to this format used during the NFL season on September 9, 2007.
The Blitz went off the air for the season on February 3, 2008.

### During all other times

On February 18, 2007, The Blitz debuted an alternate program logo, along with a second format that was used all other times (similar to the ones used on the other ESPNEWS programs, such as ESPNEWS Gametime). And with that, it also replaced programming previously aired from 1:00pm to 10:00pm ET (ESPNEWS Day and ESPNEWS Early Evening). This format has been discontinued as of September 2, 2007 as the network has reverted to its original Sunday programming lineup (ESPNEWS Day and ESPNEWS Early Evening) on February 10, 2008.

## The Blitz anchor roster

Some of the anchors who appeared on The Blitz included:
* Linda Cohn
* Robert Flores
* Mike Hill
* Dari Nowkhah
* Bill Pidto
* Sage Steele
* J.W. Stewart
# Kopacz coat of arms

Kopacz is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## Gallery

* Topacz coat of arms (Kopacz) in Baranow-Sandomierski castle
# Sauzé-entre-Bois

Sauzé-entre-Bois (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It was formed on 1 January 2025, with the merger of Caunay, Montalembert, Pers, Pliboux and Sauzé-Vaussais.
# 2005 Southern Jaguars football team

The 2005 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Pete Richardson, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 4–5, with a conference record of 4–5, and finished and finished second in the SWAC West Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at McNeese State* | Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA | Canceled | |
| September 10 | 5:00 p.m. | at Mississippi Valley State | Rice–Totten StadiumItta Bena, MS | L 28–31 | 8,473 |
| September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Prairie View A&M | A. W. Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | W 38–0 | 15,994 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Albany State* | A. W. Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | Canceled | |
| October 1 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. Alabama State | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL (Gulf Coast Classic) | L 35–45 | 24,811 |
| October 8 | 6:30 p.m. | Alabama A&M | A. W. Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | L 7–20 | |
| October 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Jackson State | A. W. Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (rivalry) | W 20–14 | 21,617 |
| October 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Alcorn State | A. W. Mumford StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | L 16–38 | 17,341 |
| November 5 | | at Texas Southern | Alexander Durley Sports ComplexHouston, TX | W 44–20 | |
| November 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Golden Lion StadiumPine Bluff, AR | W 27–21 | 6,450 |
| November 26 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 11 Grambling State | Reliant StadiumHouston, TX (Bayou Classic / College GameDay) | L 35–50 | 53,214 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
# Wang Hanlin

Wang Hanlin (Chinese: 王翰林; born 11 November 1989 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a defender for Chengdu Rongcheng.

## Club career

In 2010, Wang Hanlin started his professional footballer career with Chengdu Tiancheng in the China League One. He would eventually make his top tier league debut for Chengdu on 6 July 2011 in a game against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on as a substitute for Zhang Li in the 79th minute, in a game that ended in a 4-0 defeat. Unfortunately he would be part of the team that was relegated at the end of the season, however he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team until 5 January 2015 when the club dissolved due to financial arrears.
In March 2016, Wang signed for China League Two side Jiangxi Liansheng. He would play for two seasons until he joined Chengdu Better City (now renamed as Chengdu Rongcheng) as they participated in the 2018 Chinese Champions League. He would go on to win promotion with the club as they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 China League Two season. He would be a regular within the team as he aided them to a meteoric rise through the divisions as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 league campaign.

## Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 8 January 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | 2010 | China League One | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | 2011 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | 2012 | China League One | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | 2013 | China League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 0 |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | 2014 | China League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 2016 | China League Two | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 2017 | China League Two | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | Total | Total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2018 | Chinese Champions League | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2019 | China League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2020 | China League One | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2021 | China League One | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 75 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 1 |
* ↑ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
# Ōtara Creek

The Ōtara Creek, is a major stream in South Auckland, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows northwards, then westwards into the Tāmaki River.

## Etymology

The name of the creek comes from its name in Māori, Te Waiōtara. The name literally means "The Waters of Tara", referencing Tara Te Irirangi, a Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki rangatira of the early 19th Century. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, European farmers referred to the creek as Goodfellow's Creek.

## Description

The creek begins in Papatoetoe, near Allenby Park and Papatoetoe High School. It flows north through the suburbs of Papatoetoe and Ōtara, becoming a tidal estuary that separates Ōtara from East Tāmaki in the north. The tidal creek flows into Pukewairiki, a volcanic maar that erupted an estimated 130,000 years ago.
The creek's catchment covers an area of 3,477 hectares (8,590 acres).

## History

The creek is in the traditional rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. The stream was used as a source for freshwater resources, including koura and eels, and the banks of the stream were the location of many kāinga.
In 2007, a 210 metres (690 ft) bridge was constructed at the mouth of the creek along Highbrook Drive, as a new motorway exchange to connect East Tāmaki to the Auckland Southern Motorway.
In June 2016, the Ōtara Waterways & Lake Trust was formed, as a community organisation that focused on the clean-up and revitalisation of the creek.

## Amenities

The Ōtara Path is a major walking path on the western/southern banks of the creek. Ngāti Ōtara Park is a large park found on the southern banks of the creek. In 2020, a new public bridge was constructed at Ōtara Creek Reserve, crossing the creek.