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… caused by trawlers dragging their heavy nets along the ocean floor. Although attention is often focused on those …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Fishing industry
… a helicopter carrying him and his crew crashed into the ocean near Gisborne . Holmes was fortunate to survive the …
Type: Biography
… 11,000-kilometre trip from Alaska non-stop across the open ocean. …
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Part of story: Wading birds
… their submarine shelves, and the rocky floor of the deep ocean – is in fact divided like a jigsaw puzzle into huge sections called plates. Driven by convection currents deep within the earth, these plates move a few …
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Part of story: Earthquakes
… tail of the fish that Māui hauled up from the depths of the ocean. Elders from Muriwhenua sometimes say that although … leaping into the water; they surface after crossing the ocean to Manawatāwhi (Three Kings Islands). There they sing …
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Part of story: Muriwhenua tribes
… who were investigating the topography of New Zealand’s ocean floors, ocean currents, and the life in deeper water. The knowledge …
Type: Biography
… retired to Paekākāriki where she lived beside her beloved ocean, swimming regularly until near the end of her life. In …
Type: Biography
… Marine Environments Coastal shoreline Estuaries Fiords Open ocean Sea floor Mineral Resources Mining and underground … Historic volcanic activity Landslides Tsunamis Volcanoes Ocean Study and Conservation Charting the sea floor Coastal … Law of the sea Marine conservation Marine invaders Ocean currents and tides Sea floor geology Tangaroa – the sea …
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… land and enjoy its commanding views of the countryside and ocean. When Ball was made an officer of the New Zealand …
Type: Biography