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    Turakina is an old Māori settlement situated southeast of Whanganui city on the North Island of New Zealand. Turakina village derives its name from the...
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  • Turakina may refer to: Turakina River, New Zealand Turakina, New Zealand, an old Maori settlement Töregene Khatun, wife of Ögedei Khan and regent of the...
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    four from the Marton ward, three from the Taihape ward and one from the Turakina board. Rangitikei District is one of ten districts located partially or...
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    "Turakina Maori Girls' College 'devastated' over school closure". Stuff. Retrieved 1 February 2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marton, New...
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    There are now populations in the Auckland Region, western Waikato, the Turakina–Rangitikei region, Wellington Region and Banks Peninsula. Around 1992 an...
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    The Turakina River is a river of the southwestern North Island of New Zealand. It flows generally southwestward from its source south of Waiouru, roughly...
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    The New Zealand telephone numbering plan describes the allocation of telephone numbers in New Zealand and the Pitcairn Islands. By the 1970s, New Zealand's...
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  • Turakina Māori Girls' College (1905 to 2016) was a Presbyterian boarding school for young Māori women. The school was founded in Turakina, New Zealand...
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    to List of years in New Zealand. 85 mya: Around this time New Zealand splits from the supercontinent Gondwana. 5 mya: New Zealand's climate cools as Australia...
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  • Gordon Brown (businessman) (category People from Turakina)
    a New Zealand accountant, co-operative retail manager, businessman, rugby administrator and local politician. He was born in Turakina, New Zealand, on...
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    People's War. "New Zealand liner wrecked". The Times. No. 41260. London. 31 August 1916. col D, p. 3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Turakina". Uboat.net. Retrieved...
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    Chamois (category Mammals of New Zealand)
    They arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, on 23 January 1907, on board SS Turakina. From Wellington the chamois were transhipped to the Manaroa and conveyed...
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    December 1867, between Heathcote Valley (Christchurch) and Lyttelton. Turakina – 2091 m – opened 1947, between Marton and Whanganui. Shortest bored tunnels...
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  • Scottish New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Scottish ancestry or who originate from Scotland. The number of New Zealanders who are descended from Scots...
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    This is a list of lakes in New Zealand. A lake's location is identified by the region and either the territorial authority or national park (N.P.). There...
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  • a rugged line through the valleys of the Whangaehu River and Turakina River to Turakina. The route had been chosen due to its cheapness to construct,...
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  • Pātea River (NI) - 143 km (89 mi) Hurunui River (SI) - 138 km (86 mi) Turakina River (NI) - 137 km (85 mi) Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty) (NI) - 137 km...
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    Paddy McMinn (category People from Turakina)
    November 1874 – 8 August 1947), usually known as Alex or Paddy McMinn was a New Zealand rugby union player. Playing most of his rugby at hooker, McMinn represented...
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    station in 1843. The Revd Mason drowned on 5 January 1843 while crossing the Turakina River. By 1844 the brick church built by Mason was inadequate to meet the...
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  • This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aan River Acheron River (Canterbury)...
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  • crossing the Turakina River. The Rev. Joseph Matthews arrived in 1832. He attended the CMS College, Islington in 1830. He arrived in New Zealand on 26 March...
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    ships in New Zealand waters during these operations, while a fourth struck a mine laid by Orion and sank. The three ships sunk were: Turakina, on 20 August...
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    short history of the purchase and colonization of the land between the Turakina and Oroua Rivers, and an account of the various pioneers." Written by James...
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    in Rangitikei District of New Zealand. Its rohe (traditional tribal lands) extend between the Mangawhero, Whangaehu, Turakina and Rangitīkei rivers. This...
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  • Mangapapa River (Manawatū-Whanganui) (category Use New Zealand English from January 2024)
    farmland to meet the Turakina River. There is a 12-metre (39 ft) waterfall on the lower reaches of the river. List of rivers of New Zealand "Place name detail:...
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  • E Papa Waiari (category Use New Zealand English from November 2021)
    Choir Turakina Maori Girls' College Choir in the 1960s. In 1985, the Pātea Māori Club released the song as a reggae pop single, and the New Zealand band...
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  • Paige Hourigan (category People from Turakina)
    Turakina, is of part Māori descent and affiliates to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi. "2018 NZ Tennis Championships - Women's Singles". Tennis New Zealand....
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    Smith). He emigrated to New Zealand around 1875, and worked on sheep farms, until he took up his own property in the Turakina Valley in 1882. He returned...
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    Te Rangihaeata (category Infectious disease deaths in New Zealand)
    in the Cook Strait area the Ngāti Toa clashed with the Ngāti Apa around Turakina, near Bulls. During the subsequent fighting Te Rangihaeata captured and...
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    Suze Redmayne (category New Zealand National Party MPs)
    New Zealand Herald. Bernard, Emma (17 October 2022). "Turakina's Coastal Farm wins national Beef + Lamb New Zealand award". Whanganui Chronicle. New Zealand...
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