Cockle Bay, New Zealand Manawatere (the landing place of Manawatere). Both the headland Pā and the beach below carry the name Tuwakamana. The Pā and its associated cultivations were settled by Manawatere’s Ngāi Tai followers, upon their arrival in the area soon after him aboard the Tainui Waka. Over time later generations constructed the fortifications of the Pā around the 1600s. Cockle Bay, New Zealand Cockle Bay is an eastern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. According to the 2006 census, Cockle Bay has a population of 4,779. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the 13 administrative divisions of Auckland city and
Admiralty Bay (New Zealand) to the waters of Cook Strait, but to the west a narrow and treacherous stretch of water French Pass is the only maritime access. The Bay was named in March 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook during his first voyage to the Pacific. Having completed a circumnavigation of New Zealand aboard "HMS Endeavour", Cook had the ship anchored in the bay for resupply with wood and water, and remained there from 27–31 March 1770. Cook described the land surrounding the bay as "of a very hilly uneven surface and appears to be mostly covered with wood, shrubs, firns & c. which