Whatipu

Whatipu bakin teku ne mai nisa a gabar yamma na Yankin Auckland a Arewacin Tsibirin New Zealand . An gudanar da yankin Whatipu a matsayin ajiyar kimiyya ta Majalisar Yankin Auckland tun daga 2002.  Hanyar zuwa ba a rufe ba. Zuwa kudu da Whatipu akwai tashar Manukau . Daga arewa sai Karekare . Whatipu yana a ƙarshen ƙarshen Waitākere Ranges. Yashi masu canzawa sun canza rairayin bakin teku sosai tun daga 1940s. Sama da murabba'in kilomita 6 an ƙara zuwa bakin teku tun daga lokacin. []

 Yanayin ƙasa 
Tsakanin shekaru miliyan 3 da 5 da suka gabata, dakarun tectonic tsakanin Pacific Plate da Australian Plate sun ɗaga Waitākere Ranges kuma sun rage Manukau Harbour .  Manyan siffofi na Whatipu sun hada da Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock da Paratutae Island, wadanda suka kasance ragowar zamanin Miocene Waitākere Volcano .  Daga shekarun 1930 zuwa 1960, kayan yashi sun fara tarawa a Whatipu, suna haifar da yashi mai nisan kilomita 1.5, inda tsire-tsire da wuraren ruwa masu kyau suka bunkasa. Yawancin kayan yashi an kafa su ne daga Paorae, tsohuwar yashi mai laushi wanda ya rushe a karni na 18. 

Yankin Whatipu galibi sa'a da yanayin halittu na bakin teku, wanda ya mamaye dunes na yashi da bishiyoyin pōhutukawa, da kuma nau'ikan masu haƙuri na saltspray kamar Urostemon kirkii, taupata, Veronica obtusata da horokaka. Yankunan tsaunuka na Waitākere Ranges da ke gaba daga rairayin bakin teku suna mamaye gandun daji mai zafi na Puriri, tare da karamin rukuni na mānuka-dominated band of Stormy Coastal Hill Ecosystem . 

 Tarihin Turai kafin 
An ce sanannen mai tafiya Kupe ya ziyarci Whatipu yayin da yake bincika New Zealand. Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock a kudancin Whatipu an sanya musu suna bayan ziyararsa. A zamanin da suka gabata, Māori ne suka yi amfani da yankin sosai, suna zaune a bakin tekun da kwarin kogi. Akwai koguna game da minti 20 na tafiya daga filin ajiye motoci, amma babu hanyar shiga daga koguna zuwa rairayin bakin teku. An yi amfani da waɗannan koguna da mafaka a matsayin mafaka a lokacin yaƙi tsakanin ƙarni na 16 da 18. An tattara ragowar kayan ado kamar tarkon kamun kifi, kwando, raguwar mayafi daga wuraren tarihi guda huɗu a yankin a farkon shekarun 1900: ɗaya a Whatipu da uku a Tsibirin Paratutae zuwa kudu maso gabas.

 Tarihin Turai 
Whatipu ya kasance wani ɓangare na sayan Hikurangi da Crown ta yi a 1853. Ƙabilar Te Kawerau tana da wuraren ajiya da aka ware a Bethells Beach da Piha . 

HMS <i id="mwiQ">Orpheus</i> ya fadi a cikin ƙofar Manukau Harbour a kudancin Whatipu a 1863 tare da asarar rayuka 189. Ya kasance babbar bala'in jigilar kayayyaki a tarihin New Zealand.

Nicholas Gibbons, mai aiki da katako a St Johns, Newfoundland, ya zo New Zealand a 1853. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1854 sun sayi ƙasa a cikin Waitakeres kuma sun fara babban aikin niƙa katako a Whatipu da kuma yankin da zai kasance har zuwa shekarun 1870.  An gina ma'adinin katako a Whatipu a 1867 don yin hidima ga kasuwancin kauri. An yi madatsar ruwa a lokacin da aka kafa ma'adinin. An gina layin dogo zuwa ma'aikatar katako ta biyu mai nisan kilomita uku a arewa a 1870, kuma daga ƙarshe ya faɗaɗa har zuwa Piha da Anawhata. An rufe ma'adinan a 1886 lokacin da kauri ya ƙare. Yayinda ma'aunin katako ya kasance a buɗe, ma'aikatan ma'aikatar sun yi amfani da manyan koguna a yankin a matsayin sanannen wurin taro,  kuma a farkon karni na 20 an yi amfani da kogon da ya fi girma don rawa, amma yashi tun daga lokacin ya shiga cikin kogon kuma filin rawa yanzu an rufe shi da mita biyar na yashi. 

A ƙarshen karni na 19, an yi amfani da Whatipu a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa, inda aka shigo da turare, ruhohi da taba zuwa New Zealand. An gina hanyar da ta haɗa Whatipu zuwa Auckland a cikin shekarun 1920.

 Tarihin zamani da kuma kafofin watsa labarai 
A shekara ta 2005, 'yan sanda sun gano gawar wani mutumin da ya ɓace shekaru hudu a Whatipu's Destruction Gully. An yi hasashen cewa mutumin ya yi hatsari yayin kamun kifi a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Manukau .  A shekara ta 2006, an nuna wurin a Ghost Hunt, wani shirin talabijin na New Zealand. A cikin karni na 21, an yi amfani da Whatipu don Wild Turkey Off-Road Half Marathon/15 km. Whatipu Beach Beacon hasumiya ce ta yankin. 

 Gidajen da aka sani 
Whatipu yana da jerin abubuwan tarihi na Majalisar Auckland guda hudu. Wadannan sune: Whatipu Lodge, wani gida da ba a san sunansa ba, Whatipu Wharf, da kuma tambarin tunawa a Paratutai . 

 Wasanni 
Yankin rairayin bakin teku na Whatipu ba shi da sintiri. Yin iyo bazai kasance lafiya ba saboda tsagewa, kamar yadda yake tare da dukkan rairayin bakin teku a yammacin Auckland.

Whatipu shine wurin farawa don Waƙoƙin Whatipu-Gibbons Track & Kura-Omanawanui Tracks, hanyar dawowa ta sa'o'i shida. Yana kaiwa kan tudu zuwa dama na carpark kuma an yi masa alama sosai. Yana biye da saman dutsen zuwa kwarin Paraaraha inda ya gangara zuwa rairayin ][ wurin Paraaraha. Daga nan sai ya bi rairayin bakin teku zuwa Whatipu. Dutsen Paratutae a ƙofar tashar jiragen ruwa yana da wahala kuma musamman haɗari don hawa ƙasa.  Waƙoƙin Kura-Omanawanui su ne sauran fitattun fitattun fitattun fitattun wurare daga Whatipu. Yana bin Kura Track zuwa gabas tare da rafi ta cikin daji, sannan ya hau tudu zuwa Puriri Ridge da Titin Whatipu. Komawa ta hanyar Omanawanui, tudun juyawa a cikin buɗaɗɗen daji tare da ra'ayoyi a cikin tashar Manukau da kwarin Whatipu zuwa gabar yamma. Lokaci 4 hours. 

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