Waiwhetū

History

In the 19th-century period of European settlement land at Waiwhetū was worked by Irish-born Alfred Ludlam, who was a member of three of New Zealand's four earliest parliaments. In the 1840s land was set aside by the New Zealand Company as a native reserve for the Te Āti Awa tribe. From the 1890s to 1939, a flock mill operated on the bank of the Waiwhetū Stream. In the 1930s the New Zealand government compulsorily acquired land at Waiwhetū and built new homes for Te Āti Awa.

Most-observed species

• Tui

  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  23,258
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  21,209
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,234
• Kelp Gull

  Larus dominicanus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
  17,961
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,155
• Silver-eye

  Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  12,272
• New Zealand Fantail

  Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787) · Aves
  11,434
• Gray Gerygone

  Gerygone igata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) · Aves
  10,445

Most recent

• M 5 — 2026-06-28
  65 km W of Foxton Beach, New Zealand
• M 4.4 — 2026-06-16
  30 km W of Titahi Bay, New Zealand
• M 4.2 — 2026-06-12
  12 km NNW of Renwick, New Zealand
• M 4.5 — 2026-06-02
  28 km W of Titahi Bay, New Zealand
• M 4.5 — 2026-05-29
  42 km SE of Witherlea, New Zealand
• M 4.3 — 2026-05-16
  36 km SE of Witherlea, New Zealand