Kaikōura (/kaɪˈkɔːrə/; Māori pronunciation: [kaiˈkoːuɾa]) is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, located on State Highway 1,...
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Kaikoura Island (formerly known as Selwyn Island) lies in an irregularly-shaped bay on the western side of Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf in...
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Kaikōura Whakatau (died 1868) was a leader of the New Zealand Māori tribe Ngai Tahu. Kaikōura lived in Oaro and was of the Ariki (senior) line.[citation...
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The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a Mw 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT...
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The Kaikōura District (/kaɪˈkɔːrə/; Māori pronunciation: [kaiˈkoːuɾa]) is a territorial authority district in Canterbury Region on the South Island of...
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The Kaikōura Canyon is a geologically active submarine canyon located southwest of the Kaikōura Peninsula off the northeastern coast of the South Island...
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The Kaikōura Peninsula is located in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. It protrudes 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) into the Pacific Ocean. The town of...
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Kaikoura County was one of the counties of New Zealand on the South Island. During the period 1853 to 1859, the area that would become Kaikoura County...
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The Kaikōura Orogeny is a New Zealand orogeny that has given birth to the Southern Alps. It began 25 million years ago along the Alpine Fault. In this...
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The Kaikoura lights is a name given by the New Zealand media to a series of UFO sightings that occurred in December 1978, over the skies above the Kaikōura...
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The Kaikōura Ranges are two parallel ranges of mountains located in the northeast of the South Island of New Zealand. The two ranges are visible from a...
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Kaikōura High School is a state co-educational secondary school in Kaikōura, New Zealand. The first secondary school in Kaikōura was a district high school...
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Kaikōura Road, formerly designated State Highway 70, is a provincial highway in the South Island of New Zealand that runs from just south of Kaikōura...
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Kaitiakitanga (section Kaikōura)
Rūnanga o Kaikoura (2005). Te Poha o Toha Raumati: Te Runanga o Kaikōura Environmental Management Plan. Kaikōura, New Zealand: Te Runanga o Kaikōura, Takahanga...
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The Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary is a dark-sky preserve located in the Kaikōura District in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers an area of 2,039 km2...
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Kaikoura Airport (IATA: KBZ, ICAO: NZKI) is an uncontrolled aerodrome located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Kaikōura at Peketā in the...
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Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current...
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Air Kaikoura is a small New Zealand airline offering scenic flights with light aircraft in the Kaikōura area. It also operates charter services around...
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Whale watching in New Zealand (redirect from Whale watching in Kaikoura)
predominantly centred around the areas of Kaikōura and the Hauraki Gulf. Known as the 'whale capital', Kaikōura is a world-famous whale watching site, in...
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highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). The high Kaikōura Ranges lie to the northeast. The east side of the island is home to the...
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Kaikōura District Council (Māori: Ko te kaunihera ā rohe o Kaikōura) is the territorial authority for the Kaikōura District of New Zealand. The council...
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The Mayor of Kaikōura (formerly Kaikoura) officiates over the Kaikōura District of New Zealand's South Island. The district is administered by a district...
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was established in 1989 during nationwide local government reforms. The Kaikōura District joined the region in 1992 following the abolition of the Nelson-Marlborough...
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Paraparaumu. Nelson also has flights to Paraparaumu. Sounds Air formerly served Kaikoura, Napier and Whanganui from Wellington, Napier from Blenheim and Kāpiti...
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the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. The GeoNet app sends notifications about natural hazards to its users. An example of this is the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake...
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school. The Kaikoura district is the northernmost district of the Canterbury region, and is home to 4,410 people. The district seat of Kaikōura (pop. 2,470)...
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District Grey District Westland District Ashburton District Hurunui District Kaikōura District Mackenzie District Selwyn District Timaru District Waimakariri...
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western end of the Hope Fault and the Jordan Thrust that formed the Seaward Kaikōura Range. The dextral strike-slip across this zone has also involved clockwise...
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Prato (1977) Zanfretta incident (1978) Valentich disappearance (1978) Kaikoura Lights (1978) Robert Taylor incident (1979) Val Johnson incident (1979)...
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Monday 14 November 2016, the 7.8 magnitude Kaikōura earthquake, which was centred between Culverden and Kaikōura in the South Island, caused the Wellington...
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