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Many many Amphipods going from the tide line away from the sea up the rocks. I assume to get away from the ocean which was particularly high crashing onto the old seaweed where these would have been living. Some had managed to climb quite high. Only one spot had them in this abundance.

young trees and seedlings in foreground

This tiny remnant of puriri forest was named "The Cathedral" in, I think, the 1930s or 40s, and described in detail, with a plea for its protection from urban development, by Lucy Cranwell, Curator of Botany for 15 years at Auckland Museum.

It is the remains of a wetland, and holds some rare plants.
Most of the area Lucy Cranwell described was destroyed for sports fields and motorways, but this little bit remains, with ongoing weed and animal pest control.

Before the boardwalk was built sometime around 2000, the entire area was bare, compacted clay except for the large trees and a very sparse understorey.