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    The Awarua Plain is a large area of wetland to the east of Bluff, New Zealand. Covering an area of around 600 km², the plain stretches for 35 kilometres...
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  • Awarua may refer to: Awarua, Northland, a community near Tautoro, New Zealand Awarua Plains, a large area of wetland in Southland, New Zealand Awarua...
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    Invercargill and the town of Gore. The Southland Plains include some of New Zealand's most fertile farmland. The Plains extend from the Waiau River in the west...
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  • Heritage gives a translation of "two streams" for Awarua. Awarua Plains "Place name detail: Awarua Point". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic...
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    Plain (Southern Australia) Ord Victoria Plain (Northern Australia) Swan Coastal Plain (Perth, Australia) Awarua Plains (Southland) Canterbury Plains (Canterbury)...
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    Zealand. A spit which extends from the western end of the Awarua Plain, it lies between Awarua Bay to the north and Foveaux Strait to the south. It is known...
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    kilometres (20 miles) in length, the bay is the southern end of the Awarua Plain, an area of swampy land stretching inland for about fifteen kilometres...
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    plain proper, the Waimea Plains and the lower Waiau plain to the west near the Waiau river. The southern part of these plains (including the Awarua Plains...
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    Agency Ltd (the successor of Venture Southland) in 2021. The site on Awarua Plains was chosen because of its relatively high latitude, low elevation mask...
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    Waverley West Invercargill Windsor Outer Invercargill localities: Awarua Awarua Plains Bluff1 Greenhills Greenpoint Kennington Lorneville Makarewa Motu...
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    established a chain of radio direction finding (D/F) stations from Awarua Radio on the Awarua Plains in Southland, Musick Point near Auckland, Waipapakauri in...
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    the end of a peninsula that forms the western side of Bluff Harbour and Awarua Bay, with the port located in the relatively narrow entrance channel. It...
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  • Edendale-Woodlands Inlets other Southland District Stewart Island Awarua Plains Wyndham-Catlins West Plains-Makarewa Waikaka Waimumu-Kaiwera Gore - North, West, East...
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    with an area around Wyndham and extending along Toetoes Bay towards the Awarua Plain. The Southland District is itself part of the Southland Region, controlled...
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    1916 using a specimen collected at Seaward Moss (now known as part of Awarua Plains), near Invercargill, in October and named Borkhausenia hastata. George...
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  • Invercargill, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the town of Edendale, on the Awarua Plains and close to the western edge of The Catlins. At the time of first settlement...
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    The Haast River / Awarua is a river on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Māori name for the river is Awarua. It drains the western...
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  • of the estuary passing over the Waimatua Creek. At the start of the Awarua plains, yet again swampy ground caused delays as large embankments and a sizeable...
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    network for the Americas The Unwin Radar is a scientific radar array at Awarua Plain near Invercargill, New Zealand Each year the SuperDARN scientific community...
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  • 172°42′25″E / 43.41389°S 172.70694°E / -43.41389; 172.70694 Lake Brunton Awarua Plain Southland 25 Pacific Ocean 46°39′10″S 168°53′20″E / 46.65278°S 168...
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    electorate of Selwyn – a predominantly rural district in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island – took place on 13 August 1994. The previous...
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    Ngāi Tahu (redirect from Awarua Rūnanga)
    Rakitauneke meeting house are located in Invercargill. Te Rūnanga o Awarua centres on Awarua and extends to the coasts and estuaries adjoining Waihopai sharing...
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    Richard Taylor oversaw the establishment of the region's first mill at Awarua Stream in 1845 (built by Tom Higgie). Wheat was locally grown, milled into...
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  • Name Area (ha) Area (acre) Awarua Wetland 20,000 49,000 Farewell Spit 11,388 28,140 Firth of Thames 7,800 19,000 Kopuatai Peat Dome 10,201 25,210 Manawatu...
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  • Alexander North Shore RC West End RC Whakatane RC Avon RC Waikato RC J. Walker Awarua RC Petone RC Waikato RC 1980 Lake Horowhenua J. M. Alexander Wairau RC Auckland...
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  • Invercargill during April 2022, ultimately burning through 1,370 ha of the Awarua Wetlands 2022 Weather 5 North Island New Zealand $119,640,000 A low-pressure...
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    as "Coasters". The region reaches from Kahurangi Point in the north to Awarua Point in the south, a distance of 600 km. It has an area of 23,246 km2....
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  • his war-party, about seventy in number, down the West Coast as far as the Awarua River, toiled painfully and crossed the mountains through today's Haast...
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  • Railway Company Waronui (Coal) Railway (Milton) Waimate Gorge Branch Waimea Plains Railway Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Limited Whakatane Board...
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    Some of the names for the types of kahu kurī include tōpuni, ihupuni, awarua, kahuwaero, māhiti, and pūahi. Traditional Māori weaving was maintained...
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