Mechanics Bay the bordering headlands. Closest to Point Britomart was Official Bay, so called because many government officials lived there during the 1840s. Almost contiguous with Official Bay was Mechanics Bay. It took its name from its use in housing the labour force the government had brought to construct the new capital. Mechanics Bay contained the mouth of the stream issuing from the springs in the Auckland Domain to the south. The Bay had a broad, flat beach where Māori had long been in the habit of beaching their waka (canoes). Next to Mechanics Bay was St Georges Bay and then Judges
Marsden Bay, New Zealand Marsden Bay, New Zealand Marsden Bay is a locality and bay at the south head of Whangarei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The western side of Marsden Bay is a coastal community called One Tree Point, and the eastern side is the industrial development of Marsden Point. Ruakaka lies about 9 km to the south. The Māori name for the area is Te Poupouwhenua. One Tree Point was called "Single Tree Point" by Captain Lort Stokes of the "Acheron" in 1849. The town of Marsden, situated where Marsden Point is now, was originally intended to be the commercial centre for