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The Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands (Manawatāwhi is also the Māori name for the largest island) are a group of 13 uninhabited islands about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge. They measure 6.85 km 2 (2.64 sq mi) in area. [1]
Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands, outlying island group of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean 40 miles (64 km) northwest of North Island. Of volcanic formation, the islands have a total land area of 2.7 square miles (7 square km). Manawatāwhi/Great Island, the largest at 875 acres (354 hectares), has steep coasts and is rocky.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
“It being the day of the Epiphany” (1643), Tasman named the place Three Kings Island (now known as Great Island), and sailed on to Tonga for water. What is not clear from Tasman’s account is that the “fresh water [coming] in abundance from a high mountain” is a 50-metre-high waterfall, where the only permanent stream on the islands dashes over a cliff to the sea.
The Three King's Islands is a group of islands about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of New Zealand's North Island. The islands are uninhabited. The islands are uninhabited. They are a nature reserve today.
- Durey’s Dream Pipe
- Elingamite Wreck
- King Bank
- Princes Arch Pinnacle
- Dentist’S Cavity
With a chimney that descends from the top of the reef, then turns to follow a horizontal profile, finally opening up into daylight at 40 meters beneath the surface, Durey’s Dream Pipe is a truly magical site where the beautiful reds of gorgonians and purples of sea fans contrast spectacularly with the white sandy bottom and ivory colored coral that...
The fabled wreck of the steamship Elingamite lies beneath 39 meters of water. Washed by strong currents since her sinking on November 5th of 1902, the ship has broken up over time, yet she is still a favorite dive site. This could be due to the fact that she struck the rocks while carrying more than £17,000 in gold and silver bullion in 52 boxes. T...
Located in open water, a long distance from land and shelter, King Bank has long been a favorite fishing site with anglers and spear fishermen alike. Once you dive beneath the deep blue water here, you will find yourself among schools of tuna and mackerel, with the occasional marlin or group of marauding sharks on the prowl. Watch for schooling red...
Dropping to meet the seabed 55 meters below, Princes Arch Pinnacle is surrounded by swathes of busily swimming pink maomao and shoals of butterfly perch. Frequently visited by large kingfish and big silver trevally, it features a swimthrough which is more like a huge crack, as well as a foreboding cavern at its base. Covered in a tapestry of gorgon...
A huge, gaping crack in a sharply outlined group of rocks about 40 meters beneath the surface, Dentist’s Cavity is the aptly named home to a group of enormous spotted black gropers which will emerge when they see dive lights. This colony of gropers has been here for years, and they are completely fearless. Covered in orange and purple sponge and co...
The Three Kings and Princess Group are a group of 13 very remote rocky uninhabited islands, situated approx. 50nm northwest of North Cape, New Zealand. The fishing territory consists of several banks (such as the King and Middlesex Banks) with a range of deep trenches and sea mounts where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge.
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The Three Kings Islands, named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1643, lie 53 kilometres north-west of Cape Maria van Diemen. In the foreground of the group is West Island, on which the trans-Tasman steamer Elingamite was wrecked in 1902.
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