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Meola Creek
Meola Creek is a waterway in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated in Integrated Catchment Area #1 within Auckland City’s drainage network. The catchment consists largely of a natural valley that runs down from the north-east slopes of Mt Albert (Owairaka), north of Mt Albert Road. The upper section of Meola Creek flows along the boundary of the Mt Albert Grammar and through the Kerr-Taylor Reserve. The area around the creek is subject to a combination of residential, commercial and recreational activities, which result in the stream being entirely piped upstream of the Chamberlain Park Golf Course, and strongly contaminated with urban pollutants such as zinc and lead.
Meola Creek drains into an estuarine area of the mid-Waitemata Harbour, on a low-lying part of the Auckland isthmus. This receiving environment has one of the longest histories of urbanisation in the Auckland region. The area around the estuary is actually a natural flood plain, much of which has been converted to parks and playing fields. Fortunately, a good portion of the mangrove forest remains intact. Te Tokaroa (Meola Reef) next to Point Chevalier forms the northern part of a 10 km long lava flow that originated from Mount Saint John volcano and flowed down a narrow creek valley. The reef extends for over 2 km across the Waitemata Harbour〔Auckland City Council (2001) Assessment of Environmental Effects. Prepared by the Auckland City Council and Metrowater.〕
== History ==
Local Māori named the creek Waititiko, meaning "water of the periwinkles". European settlers subsequently renamed it Meola Creek, possibly after a glacier in India where Allan Kerr Taylor was born and lived until aged eight. The Kerr Taylor family lived near the source of Meola Creek in a large Indian-influenced house called Alberton, one of the most loved historic houses in New Zealand.〔(New Zealand Historic Places Trust ) - History of Alberton. Accessed November 2007.〕 In pre-human times much of the area was wetlands; in fact, the nearby suburb of Sandringham used to be called Cabbage Tree Swamp up until the mid 19th century. Following European settlement, most of the area around the creek remained as gorse-covered swamp until it was finally drained and converted into school playing fields in 1953.
In June 2006 an Asiatic short-clawed otter called Jin made national news as it escaped from Auckland Zoo by swimming down Meola Creek on an outgoing tide and into the Waitemata Harbour. The fugitive otter was later captured on Motutapu Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.
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