Kupe was a legendary Polynesian explorer who, according to Māori oral history, was the first person to discover New Zealand. It is likely that Kupe existed...
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It stars Richard Flood, as Irish detective Theo, who joins Acushla-Tara Kupe as detective sergeant Diana, who investigate the disappearance of an Irish...
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Tawana Kupe is a Zimbabwean academic. He was the vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Prior to this appointment he held several...
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Cape Palliser (redirect from Cape Palliser / Mātakitaki-a-Kupe)
Rā-a-Kupe, previously known as Kupe's Sail, is a nearby triangular upthrust of sedimentary rock shaped like a sail. Maori history and the Kupe legend...
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The Kupe natural gas field is located in the Tasman Sea, 30 km off the coast of the town of Manaia in Taranaki, New Zealand. The field was discovered in...
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Kupe orthonairovirus, also called Kupe virus, is a species of virus in the genus Orthonairovirus. The virus was isolated from pooled ticks (Amblyomma gemma...
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Mount Kupe or Mont Koupé is a plutonic mountain in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, part of the Cameroon line of volcanoes. It is the highest of the...
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Hokianga (redirect from Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe)
of light"). The full name of the harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe — "the place of Kupe's great return". The Hokianga is in the Far North District, which...
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The Mount Kupe bushshrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It was previously thought to be endemic to Cameroon...
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Nguti (redirect from Nguti (Kupe-Manenguba))
Mr. Jackson Kepe https://www.mindat.org/feature-2224413.html [bare URL] "Kupe Muanenguba County". "COMMUNES ET VILLES UNIES DU CAMEROUN :: UNITED COUNCILS...
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Ngā Rā-a-Kupe, formerly known as Kupe's Sail, is a geological formation near the eastern end of Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of...
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Te Pēhi Kupe (c. 1795–1828) was a Māori rangatira and war leader of Ngāti Toa and the uncle of Te Rauparaha. He took a leading part in what became known...
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of various Māori traditional accounts, around 750 CE the heroic explorer, Kupe, had discovered New Zealand and later, around 1350, one great fleet of settlers...
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Tael (redirect from Kuping taels)
around 40 grams (1.3 ozt). The most common government measure was the Kuping (庫平; kùpíng; 'treasury standard') tael, weighing 37.5 grams (1.21 ozt). A common...
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Hoturapa and their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was overboard, Kupe set sail for New Zealand...
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When Kupe reached New Zealand, he encountered the beast off Castlepoint. The giant octopus then fled across Cook Strait, and was chased by Kupe through...
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Steeple Rock (redirect from Te Ure-o-Kupe)
Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe is a large rock off Seatoun at the west of the entrance to Wellington Harbour, rising 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The...
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Aotearoa was the name of the canoe (waka) of the explorer Kupe, and he named the land after it. Kupe's wife Kuramārōtini (in some versions, his daughter) was...
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Cloudy Bay (redirect from Te Koko-o-Kupe)
Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay is located at the northeast of New Zealand's South Island, to the south of the Marlborough Sounds and north of Clifford Bay...
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these is the story of Kupe, who had eloped with Kuramarotini, the wife of Hoturapa, the owner of the great canoe Matahourua, whom Kupe had murdered. To escape...
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Serara Selelo-Mogwe (redirect from Serara Kupe-Mogwe)
Serara Segarona Selelo-Mogwe (1927 – September 2, 2020), also known as Serara Kupe-Mogwe, was a pioneering nurse and academic in Botswana. After serving as...
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Foveaux Strait (redirect from Kupe Strait)
unsuccessful. A more recent proposal, in 1968, for the strait to be renamed to "Kupe Strait", was also unsuccessful. In Māori oral tradition, their history in...
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promoted to star for the 2020–21 season. Flood appears alongside Acushla-Tara Kupe in TVNZ+'s crime drama, The Gone, released on 7 May 2023. In 2012, Flood...
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buried him underneath a mountain to create the area around Banks Peninsula. Kupe and Ngahue were both contemporaries famous for exploring New Zealand before...
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(1807–1847), a whaler and trader. Its Māori name is Tangihanga-a-Kupe, (Mourning of Kupe), which may refer to the reef's similarity to a line of mourners...
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(in Czech). Michuda, Martin (23 October 2016). "Novodobá podoba slavného kupé od Škody už může i na běžné silnice. Má 430koňový osmiválec a 6stupňový manuál...
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world's windiest city by average wind speed. Māori oral tradition tells that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century. The area was...
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AD when Kupe the explorer arrived. Kupe first landed near Seatoun, and a large rock near the shore still bears the name Te Ure-o-Kupe (Kupe's penis) or...
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List of minor planets: 9001–10000 (redirect from 9487 Kupe)
Utemorrah September 24, 1960 Palomar PLS · 5.1 km MPC · JPL 9487 Kupe 7633 P-L Kupe October 17, 1960 Palomar PLS KOR 5.2 km MPC · JPL 9488 Huia 9523 P-L...
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Ghanaian dancehall/Afrobeats artist known for her hit songs "Poison" and "Kupe". Ebony was discovered by Bullet from Ruff n Smooth. She was the first Ghanaian...
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