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… the highest peak reaching 5,753 ft. These ranges separate the region from the Bay of Plenty and the Central Plateau, except for two roads which cross in the south from … and in the centre from Gisborne via the Waioeka Gorge, a route that has recently undergone considerable improvement. An …
… coast of Coromandel Peninsula, part of a drowned valley system divided into two portions, the outer one of which is Mercury Bay and the inner one, a south-western extension of the indentation, Whitianga Harbour or …
… following section. There are other educational agencies catering for prospective young farmers, some of them formally … organised, others of an informal nature. Among the latter are the Auckland Youths' Farm Settlement Scheme and the Canterbury Farm Training Scheme. Both of these take care of …
… (1938– ). Athlete. Peter George Snell was born at Opunake on 17 December 1938 and educated at Te Aroha District High School and Mount Albert … SNELL, Peter George, O.B.E. …
… At Te Puna in the Bay of Islands there is a monument known as “The Marsden Cross”. It commemorates the site of the first mission settlement and the first Christian …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Gordon was born at Argall House, London, on 26 November … Hamilton-Gordon, Fourth Earl of Aberdeen and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1852–55), by his second wife, Harriet, who was the daughter of the Honourable John Douglas, widow of James, Viscount …
… Northland Waipoua State Forest is a beautiful reserve of kauri trees on the road … Auckland City Special features are the Domain and Winter Gardens; the Museum (park land, playing fields, and … and the Waitakere Scenic Drive through native bush, with extensive views of the Auckland area. In and around the city …
… this last phase of exploration, occupying the later nineteenth century, is distinguished by the activity of a man who was at once a great explorer and a notable character, C. E. Douglas – a man equally to be celebrated for his …
… Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand, though it seems at … for the name but with Maori names the true meaning can often be found only in a mythological story or in historical … how the name was given or something of the ideas which prompted it. Aotearoa is made up of either two or three words, …
… of greenstone, worn suspended from the neck. It is often incorrectly referred to as tiki. Tikis are, properly, … are obscure. Best says that the first was made for Hina-te-iwaiwa, the Maori Moon Goddess and patroness of women. It … powerful spirits, owing to their having been cheated of life. Another version suggests that the heitiki is …