Timeline
- c. 1300: The Maori chief Rongomai arrives in his canoe Māhuhu from Hawaiki, and is drowned at the harbour entrance.
- 1807 or 1808: Ngapuhi fight Ngāti Whātua, Te-Uri-o-Hau and Te Roroa iwi at the battle of Moremonui on the west coast of Northland, the first battle in which Maori used muskets.
- 1839: European settlers begin arriving to fell and mill kauri trees.
- 1840: The Aurora, a 550-ton barque, is the first European ship to be wrecked at the entrance.
- 1860s: The timber industry is established.
- 1899: The timber industry peaks.
- c. 1939: Timber trade ends, and the area becomes a backwater.
- 2002: Crown settles historical claims of Te Uri o Hau
- 2005: Film-maker Barry Barclay makes his documentary, The Kaipara Affair.
- 2008: Biomarine receives resource consent to establish an oyster farm
- 2008: Crest Energy receives resource consent to install tidal turbines
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