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Kōrero: Mountains

Franz Josef Glacier

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Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier flows from its high névé (snowfield) down to near sea level. The glacier’s Māori name was Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere – the tears of the avalanche girl.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN35798/1

by Lloyd Homer

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – People and mountains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14325/franz-josef-glacier (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Andy Dennis, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.