Where was Okowitu near Albany north of Auckland?

[Whenu]

There was a block of Maori land called Wakoukou, near modern day Riverhead.

https://whenuaviz.landcareresearch.co.nz/Search/DigitalNZSearch?placeName=Riverhead

Mmm .. shouldn't that read as "Waikoukou"     

Yep.

[Fresh Fields]

OOP's

Forgot to come back and post a link to the Auckland Library Heritage image collection.

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=Subjects&QI0==%22Kaipara+Portage+Road%22&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&TN=heritageimages&SN=AUTO14991&SE=980&RN=0&MR=20&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=HIOReport&EF=&DF=HIORecord&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=84791&NR=1&NB=0&SV=0&SS=1&BG=&FG=&QS=index&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1


Gee that seems long. ??


Alan.

PS but it seams to get there. Possibly includes my trail trying to find my way there. Always get lost in the Auckland Library searches and struggle to get back there at times. - Alan.