Cook Strait (Māori: Te Moana-o-Raukawa, lit. 'The Sea of Raukawa') is a strait that separates North Island from the South Island of New Zealand. The strait...
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The Cook Strait ferry may refer to any of several ferries across the Cook Strait in New Zealand: Interislander StraitNZ This disambiguation page lists...
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Tuatara (redirect from Cook Strait Tuatara)
Brothers Island tuatara, which is confined to North Brother Island in Cook Strait. The specific name punctatus is Latin for "spotted", and guntheri refers...
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wave power or wind power. The Pentland Firth (a strait) may be capable of generating 10 GW. Cook Strait in New Zealand may be capable of generating 5.6 GW...
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voyages. Cook led an excursion to nearby Arapawa Island on 22 January, where he climbed Kaitapeha Peak and saw the strait (which he named Cook Strait) separating...
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contributions, including the Cook Islands, Cook Strait, Cook Inlet and the Cook crater on the Moon. Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest summit in New Zealand...
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HVDC Inter-Island (redirect from Cook Strait cable)
commonly referred to as the Cook Strait cable in the media and in press releases, although the link is much longer than its Cook Strait section. The link is...
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North Channel Cook Strait Molokaʻi Channel English Channel Catalina Channel Tsugaru Strait Strait of Gibraltar The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming...
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Interislander (redirect from Cook Strait Ferry)
Interislander is a road and rail ferry service across New Zealand's Cook Strait, between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island...
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Deinacrida rugosa (redirect from Cook Strait giant weta)
Deinacrida rugosa, commonly called the Cook Strait giant wētā or Stephens Island wētā, is a species of insect in the family Anostostomatidae. The scientific...
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electoral district Shire of Cook, in the far north of Queensland Cook Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada Cook Strait, the strait separating the North and South...
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parva, Kaikoura giant wētā Deinacrida pluvialis, Mt Cook giant wētā Deinacrida rugosa, Cook Strait giant wētā Deinacrida talpa, Giant mole wētā Deinacrida...
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Ocean power in New Zealand (redirect from Cook Strait tides)
Fund, set up to encourage the utilisation of this resource. The greater Cook Strait and Kaipara Harbour seem to offer the most promising sites for using...
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It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand...
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flow through Cook Strait between the two main islands of New Zealand is particularly interesting, as the tides on each side of the strait are almost exactly...
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was building on its core business taking vehicles and freight across Cook Strait and looking to promote the trip as an iconic tourism experience and a...
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Barrett Reef (category Cook Strait)
is located to the west of the two-kilometre-wide channel that links Cook Strait with Wellington Harbour, close to the shore of the Miramar Peninsula...
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Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of 113,729 km2 (43,911 sq mi), it is the world's 14th-largest...
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Pelorus Jack (category Cook Strait)
Cook Strait Pelorus Jack (fl. 1888 – April 1912; pronounced /pəˈlɔːrəs/) was a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) that was famous for meeting and escorting...
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Papua New Guinea. Passenger travel is by air or private boat only. The Cook Strait between North Island and South Island of New Zealand has been suggested...
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MV Condor Islander (category Cook Strait ferries)
Retrieved 4 April 2023. "CONDOR ISLANDER [BS]". Retrieved 4 April 2023. "New Cook Strait Ferry Showered with Welcome | Scoop News". "Condor Ferries secures new...
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the Cook Strait. The third-largest is Stewart Island / Rakiura, located 30 kilometres (19 miles) off the tip of the South Island across Foveaux Strait. Other...
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operates roll-on/roll-off freight and passenger shipping across the Cook Strait, between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island...
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to, and the conquest and settlement of, the Cook Strait region in the 1820s. Later he crossed Cook Strait to attack the Rangitane people in the Wairau...
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Union Airways of New Zealand (redirect from Cook Strait Airways)
service from Wellington to Blenheim, lost their licence to the route to Cook Strait Airways and were reduced to taxi work. In response to questions put by...
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Andy Donaldson (swimmer) (category Cook Strait swimmers)
41 minutes and 48 seconds. He also holds the fastest swim across the Cook Strait - the waters between New Zealand's North and South Islands. Andrew was...
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Cook Strait News was a free community newspaper in Wellington, New Zealand, which covered the Eastern and Southern suburbs of the city. It was published...
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Channel) Tsugaru Strait Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Bonifacio Rottnest Channel Swim (Australia) Cook Strait Swim Miami Beltquerung Otranto Strait Backstairs...
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2013 Seddon earthquake (redirect from 2013 Cook Strait earthquake)
earthquake measured 6.5 on the Mww scale and was centred in New Zealand's Cook Strait, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Seddon in Marlborough...
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passenger and freight ferry currently sailing across the Cook Strait in New Zealand on StraitNZ's Bluebridge service, after being purchased from Stena...
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