Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve

The marine reserve has a variety of shores, including the rocky headland of Cape Rodney, the white sandy surf beach at Pakiri, and the sheltered mudflats and mangrove forests of Whangateau Harbour. There are also boulders, course sand, mudstone terraces, pebblestone rock and greywacke, providing a range of habitats for marine life. ==History==

Te Hāwere-a-Maki, also known as Goat Island or Motu Hāwere, is important to Ngāti Manuhiri, who trace their whakapapa to the earlier iwi of Wakatūwhenua, who landed with the Moekākara waka captained by Tahuhunuiarangi. The island is named after Maki, the son of the iwi's founding ancestor Manuhiri, who led the conquest of the area in the late seventeenth century. Manuhiri's grandson maintained a pā on the island. By 2011, after more than 35 years of protection, there was an abundance and diversity of fish in the reserve. ==Wildlife==

There is an abundance of fish and marine life in the reserve, including Australasian snapper and New Zealand sea urchin (kina). There are also seaweed forests, sponge gardens, coraline turf, kelp forest, and encrusting marine life living in deep creeks. Sea-anemones, boulder crabs and bristle-tails live under boulders. Sand-hoppers and sea-lice live in the course sand. There are a range of creatures in the mudstone terraces and pebblestone rock, including snails, limpets, chitons, whelks, crabs, half-crabs, shrimps, starfish, small fish, sea-quirts, barnacles, tubeworms and oysters. ==Recreation==

The reserve has about 200,000 visitors per year. Fishing is banned. Additionally, a farm walkway can be found near the reserve. ==See also==