Hauraki Gulf

American  

[hou-rah-kee] / haʊˈrɑ ki /

noun

1. an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.

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Hauraki Gulf British  

/ haʊˈrækɪ /

noun

1. an inlet of the Pacific in New Zealand, on the N coast of North Island

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Example Sentences

In New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, waves crash against cliffs and pull dirt into the ocean, while boats and storms stir up silt from the seafloor.

From Scientific American • Nov. 6, 2021

But a high pressure system was parked above most of the Hauraki Gulf and Waitemata Harbour which meant there was little wind on the course.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2021

Reports from the Hauraki Gulf were consistent that Team New Zealand had built a very fast second generation AC75 class boat in Te Rehutai — the indigenous Maori words for Sea Spray.

From Fox News • Mar. 10, 2021

Reports from the Hauraki Gulf were consistent that Team New Zealand had built a very fast second generation AC75 class boat in Te Rehutai - the indigenous Maori words for Sea Spray.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2021

Passing to the head of the Hauraki Gulf he sat down before the pa of Totara, the chief fortress of the Thames tribes—the men whom he had doomed in Sydney.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember