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… Tainui canoe. Hoturoa was born in Hawaiki, the son of Auauterangi and Kuotepo, and was distantly related to Tama te Kapua. According …
… Otorohanga is situated in a bend of the Waipa in the upper basin of that river. The land immediately surrounding the town contains much limestone and is … through Otorohanga. By road Otorohanga is 12 miles north of Te Kuiti, 14 miles south of Te Awamutu, and 37 miles south …
… 1823–40 In 1818 Samuel Leigh, a Methodist minister stationed at Sydney, visited New Zealand and on his return to England he proposed to … Rangihoua, the C.M.S. station, in 1822 and with William White, James Stack, and Luke Wade, a layman, who joined him the …
… Levin is situated on the southern part of the Manawatu Plain, known as the … production; market gardening; and berry-fruit growing. Butter and cheese are manufactured at Ohau (3 miles south). The … A hospital farm for mentally handicapped children is situated 3 miles south of Levin. Levin is a trade and servicing …
… is the most northerly of the fiords indenting the south-western coastline of the South Island; it occupies the trunk portion of a formerly glaciated valley system cut deeply below the surrounding mountains. The …
… Otaki is situated near the north bank of the Otaki River on the narrow … of clothing, joinery, and pre-cut furniture, and concrete products; and general engineering. The Western Hospitals' District Sanatorium (tuberculosis) is …
… Porirua City is situated in Hutt county at the head of the southern arm of … connects with Wellington. The urban area comprises the greater portion of the Porirua basin and includes the borough of … of the district were the Tini-o-Maruiwi who were moa hunters. About A.D. 1100 Whatonga and his sons Tara and Tautoki …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Rua was born in 1869 at Maungapohatu in the Urewera … was killed at Makaretu in November 1868 while fighting for Te Kooti, and of Ngahiwi Te Rihi. Rua was a member of the Tamakaimoana hapu of the …
… Waimate is situated about 7 miles inland from the coast of South Canterbury and on the southeastern part of the Canterbury Plains. Except on the west where … WAIMATE …
… large inlet on the west coast of the North Island approximately midway between Auckland and New Plymouth. The profusely indented harbour was formed by the partial submergence of an … native bush. Although the harbour is 8 miles both in greatest length and in greatest width, a bar effectively …