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    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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  • 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 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, 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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    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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    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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  • 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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