page_title: Point Britomart
hierarchical_section_title: Point Britomart
caption_attribution_description: Point Britomart seen from the east end of Official Bay, with Fort Britomart atop it, Auckland, New Zealand in 1864. Extended information on origin webpage reads: Official Bay, Auckland in 1864, from the beach 1864 / Reference number: 1/2-096108-G / 1 b&amp;w original negative(s). Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches. / Part of Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia (PAColl-3081) Photographic Archive / Scope and contents: Looking west over Official Bay, Auckland, from the beach, showing St Paul's Anglican Church and Fort Britomart in the background. / Photograph taken in 1864 by Daniel Manders Beere.
context_page_description: Point Britomart, named Te Rerenga Ora Iti by Māori, was a headland in the Waitematā Harbour, in Auckland, New Zealand. Located between Commercial Bay and Official Bay, the point was later quarried away to produce fill for land reclamation in Mechanics Bay, and almost no physical trace remains at street level in what is today an area of the Auckland CBD and the Auckland waterfront.
context_section_description: Point Britomart, named Te Rerenga Ora Iti by Māori, was a headland in the Waitematā Harbour, in Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau), New Zealand. Located between Commercial Bay and Official Bay, the point was later quarried away to produce fill for land reclamation in Mechanics Bay, and almost no physical trace remains at street level in what is today an area of the Auckland CBD and the Auckland waterfront.
caption: Point Britomart at the far right, seen from the east end of Official Bay, with Fort Britomart atop it.
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