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Leigh

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Leigh

Boats lie at anchor off the settlement of Leigh. The glass-bottomed boat (middle) offers tourists the chance to see the marine life of the Cape Rodney–Ōkakari Point Marine Reserve.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Warkworth, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16056/leigh (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.