Everything about Ponui Island totally explained
Ponui Island, also known as
Chamberlin's Island, is located in the
Hauraki Gulf, to the east of the city of
Auckland,
New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of
Waiheke Island, at the eastern end of the
Tamaki Strait, which separates the island from the
Hunua Ranges on the mainland to the south.
The island is virtually uninhabited (the population was nine in
2001), and has an area of 18 km². The island is broken into three blocks of farmland under separate titles, with sheep being the main product. The Chamberlin family has farmed Ponui for five generations.
The island is a popular site for youth camps for organisations such as
Scouts. Crusader camps (now under the banner of Scripture Union) started on the island in 1932. The camps continue, and 2007 marked the 75th anniversary of Scripture Union camping on Ponui.
The island is the home of New Zealand's only feral
donkey breed, the
Ponui donkey and also New Zealand's national bird, the
kiwi . There is a natural spring on the island which is the endpoint of an
aquifer originating in the Coromandel peninsula. There is a small wind farm on the northern tip.
Camps
Ponui is legendary for the many camps held there, mostly scripture union camps including 'Ponui Junior', 'Ponui Senior', 'Ponui Extreme' and 'Family Camp'. Campers and leaders alike name Ponui as their favourite place to be, with its beautiful sunsets, Jesus experiences and legendary camps, and massive hillside-waterslide.
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