Fiordland (Māori: Te Rua-o-te-Moko, "The Pit of Tattooing", and also translated as "the Shadowlands"), is a non-administrative geographical region of...
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The Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), also known as the Fiordland crested penguin (in Māori, tawaki or pokotiwha), is a crested penguin species...
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Fiordland National Park is a national park in the south-west corner of South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 13 national parks in New...
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Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand. Fiordland may also refer to: Fiordland National Park, in Fiordland region of New Zealand Fiordland College...
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The Fiordland tokoeka or Fiordland kiwi (Apteryx australis australis) is a subspecies of southern brown kiwi. It is endemic to New Zealand. Like other...
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The Fiordland skink (Oligosoma acrinasum) is a species of skink endemic to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion of South Island, New Zealand. The...
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Te Anau (category Fiordland)
of the Swirling Waters. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Te Anau is 155 kilometres north of Invercargill and 171 kilometres to...
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The Fiordland Conservancy, also known as the Fiordland Recreation Area formerly, and since also as the Fiordland Conservation Area, is a conservancy in...
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Fiordland College is a co-educational state secondary school for years 7–13 students. It is one of the two schools in Te Anau, New Zealand. Te Anau is...
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Southern brown kiwi (redirect from Northern Fiordland Tokoeka)
third: A. a. australis, the Fiordland tokoeka, with a population of approximately 15,000 birds is found on and near the Fiordland on the South Island of New...
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influences from its Māori and Scottish heritage. Southland extends from Fiordland in the west past the Mataura River to the Catlins the east. It contains...
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The Fiordland Islands restoration programme is run by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The purpose of the programme is to eradicate pests on...
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The New Zealand American Fiordland Expedition was a research expedition organised by the Department of Internal Affairs in 1949 to undertake research...
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List of waterfalls in New Zealand (section Fiordland)
Many of the highest waterfalls are in Fiordland. Many of the highest New Zealand waterfalls are in Fiordland National Park in the Southland region of...
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Milford Sound (category Sounds of Fiordland)
Piopiotahi) is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu...
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highest of which is Aoraki / Mount Cook at 3,724 metres (12,218 ft). Fiordland's steep mountains and deep fiords record the extensive ice age glaciation...
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Te Ana-au Caves (category Landforms of Fiordland)
Orbell. Lawson Burrows and his business partner Wilson Campbell set up Fiordland Travels as a tourism company for their venture. In 1965, they sold their...
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The Fiordland brotula, Fiordichthys slartibartfasti, is a viviparous brotula found only in the Fiordland region of the South Island of New Zealand. It...
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2009 Dusky Sound earthquake (redirect from 2009 Fiordland earthquake)
Sound earthquake was a Mw 7.8 earthquake that struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, on 15 July at 21:22 local time (09:22 UTC). It had an initially–reported...
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The 2003 Fiordland earthquake struck the remote region of Fiordland in the South Island of New Zealand on 22 August 2003, at 12:12 am NZST. The epicentre...
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the moa. Two years later, a group of sealers in Tamatea / Dusky Sound, Fiordland, encountered a large bird which they chased with their dogs. "It ran with...
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Lake Hauroko (category Lakes of Fiordland)
The lake, which is 462 metres deep, is located in a mountain valley in Fiordland National Park. "Hauroko" translates from te reo Māori as "soughing of...
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Dracophyllum fiordense (redirect from Fiordland grass tree)
Dracophyllum fiordense, commonly known as the Fiordland grass tree, is a species of tree or shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is endemic to the...
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Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Chatham Islands temperate forests Fiordland temperate forests Nelson Coast temperate forests North Island temperate...
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an estuary of Chesapeake Bay Elizabeth River (New Zealand), a river in Fiordland Elizabeth River (Northern Territory), a river near Darwin in the Northern...
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Resolution Island (New Zealand) (category Islands of Fiordland)
Resolution Island or Tau Moana (Māori) is the largest island in the Fiordland region of southwest New Zealand, covering a total of 208 km2 (80 sq mi)...
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Doubtful Sound / Patea (category Sounds of Fiordland)
Doubtful Sound / Patea is a fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. It is located in the same region as the smaller but more famous...
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Eglinton River (category Rivers of Fiordland)
region of Southland in the southwest of New Zealand. It flows through Fiordland National Park for 50 kilometres (31 mi). Its headwaters are at Lake Gunn...
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additional eight reserves were established in Fiordland on the recommendation of the Guardians of Fiordland in 2005. The Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve...
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in the southwest of the South Island, in a mountainous area known as Fiordland. A fiord is a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes,...
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