Harbours.

Notwithstanding the extensive coastline, good harbours are not numerous. The principal are the Waitemata in North, on which Auckland is situated, and Port Nicholson, in the South, on which the capital city of Wellington is located. The other harbours are chiefly bar harbours, of which Manakau is the most important. There are also open roadsteads at New Plymouth, Napier, and Gisborne, which are supplemented by harbour works erected at considerable cost.