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… at Pūponga from the late 1890s. Its location at the base of Farewell Spit offered sheltered waters for shipping, but the old … treasure On 7 August 1877 the Queen Bee was wrecked on Farewell Spit. The cargo broke up and the shore was littered …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… breeding colonies – at Cape Kidnappers, Muriwai and Farewell Spit. There are also 21 offshore gannetries, and an … the population more than doubled within four years. Farewell Spit Unlike the Cape Kidnappers and Muriwai …
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Part of story: Gannets and boobies
… coastal strips between Nelson and Motueka in Tasman Bay and Farewell Spit and Pōhara in Golden Bay. Moutere Depression South-east … to the West Coast, making up Kahurangi National Park. Farewell Spit, New Zealand’s largest sandspit, stretches for …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… head for Kaipara and Manukau harbours, the Firth of Thames, Farewell Spit, and the Avon–Heathcote estuary near Christchurch. In …
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Part of story: Wading birds
… this low-lying and extensive danger’, he wrote in 1867 of Farewell Spit. That light was funded. However, his description of the … into easily handled bundles and shipped to the site. At Farewell Spit, Balfour’s men battled with dense clouds of …
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Part of story: Lighthouses
… seabirds that breed in the far north or far south take respite in the milder conditions around New Zealand. To … the Kaipara Harbour, Manukau Harbour, the Firth of Thames, Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, the Avon–Heathcote Estuary and … Thames, Kopuatai Peat Dome, Whangamarino, Manawatū Estuary, Farewell Spit, and Waituna Lagoon. Waders Migratory waders …
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Part of story: Bird migration
… gannet colonies at Cape Kidnappers, Muriwai Beach and Farewell Spit. Little penguins can be seen at many places, but Ōamaru …
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Part of story: Seabirds – overview
… have distributed this sediment along the coast. Long spits have formed, connecting areas of land and building … across the heads of bays, and forming features such as Farewell Spit and the Kaitorete barrier beach damming Lake Ellesmere. …
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Part of story: Geology – overview
… causing swan numbers to crash. Large numbers gather at Farewell Spit each winter to moult. Feeding Black swans mainly eat …
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Part of story: Wetland birds
… international importance, covering about 40,000 hectares: Farewell Spit (upper South Island) Firth of Thames (at the base of …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… North or South Island, where large flocks gather on sand spits and estuaries, or near a river mouth. Their chief ports of call include Farewell Spit, the Firth of Thames, and Kaipara and Manukau harbours. …
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Part of story: Wading birds
… Point and the two screw-pile towers at Cape Campbell and Farewell Spit, and he argued for an inexpensive light at Manukau …
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Part of story: Lighthouses
… (or afternoon or evening) in greeting, and ‘Goodbye’ in farewell, accompanied by some pleasantry such as ‘Nice to … ‘How are you?’, ‘Gidday’ and ‘How’s it going?’ Informal farewells include ‘Cheers’, ‘See you’, ‘See you later’, … film screenings. Bodily functions and attire Do not spit, belch, break wind or scratch in public. Maintain good …
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Part of story: Manners and social behaviour
… four large estuaries – Firth of Thames, Manawatū River, Farewell Spit and Waituna Lagoon – are designated Wetlands of …
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Part of story: Estuaries
… Harbour) in north-eastern Tasman Bay, west to Onetahua (Farewell Spit), and the West Coast hinterlands to Māwhera …
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Part of story: Te Tau Ihu tribes
… country’s largest native spider in terms of leg span. At Farewell Spit, 112 bird species have been recorded – the spit sees great migrations of knots, godwits, Mongolian …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… family. In 1868–69 he was resident surgeon at Melbourne Hospital, and there assisted William Gillbee with the first … having been appointed surgeon superintendent of Hokitika Hospital and medical officer of the lunatic asylum. He … on the Queen Bee in August 1877 when it was wrecked off Farewell Spit. All the passengers were rescued. Maunsell …
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… landscape, and Pūponga Farm Park at the mainland end of Farewell Spit. Pelorus Bridge and the many recreation reserves of the …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… National Park. A 30-kilometre-long expanse of sand, Farewell Spit, extends eastward from the park’s northern tip. The …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… south, then turned north to pass Cape Foulwind and Cape Farewell. He sailed around Farewell Spit into what is now called Golden Bay, where he anchored …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand