Puketutu Island

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Puketutu Island

The island of Motu Ohiaroa (currently known as Puketutu) is situated in the Manukau Harbour, near the township of Mangere Bridge, and is separated from the mainland by a tidal estuary about a mile in width. It was formerly accessible, except at high water, by a hard shell-bank spit, but this old-time pathway has now been replaced by a two lane causeway.

The island's current Maori name was probably derived from "hill of the tutu" (bush) as Pukekohe is "hill of the kohe tree".

Puketutu Island is a volcanic island in the Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, and is part of the Auckland volcanic field. In the 1950s, its scoria cones were heavily quarried for fill to extend Auckland Airport nearby.