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    The Tongariro River is a river in the North Island of New Zealand. The part of the Waikato River from the Waihohonu Stream, down to Lake Taupō, was formally...
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    Whanganui, and Tongariro rivers. These rivers drain a 2,600-square-kilometre (1,000 sq mi) area including Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and the western...
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    Tongariro National Park (/ˈtɒŋɡərɪroʊ/; Māori: [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]) is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. It has been...
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    Tūrangi (redirect from Tongariro School)
    Tūrangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupō on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand...
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    Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake....
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    It contains the Taupō caldera complex, Ōkataina caldera complex and Tongariro Volcanic Centre resulting in it being currently the most frequently active...
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    various pools of the Tongariro River system, as listed below, can be found in detail on their own page at Pools of the Tongariro River. The following is...
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    though the river itself is not part of the park. The river rises on the northern slopes of Mount Tongariro, one of the three active volcanoes of the central...
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    Ohakune is a small town at the southern end of Tongariro National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu, in the North...
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  • Tongariro may refer to these features in New Zealand: Mount Tongariro Tongariro (New Zealand electorate) Tongariro (village) Tongariro National Park Tongariro...
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    Lake Rotoaira (category Tongariro Volcanic Centre)
    It is naturally drained by the Poutu Stream into the Tongariro River. The Tongariro Power Scheme utilises Rotoaira as a storage lake for the Tokaanu...
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    Lake Taupō (category Waikato River)
    Waikato River (New Zealand's longest river), and its main tributaries are the Waitahanui River, the Tongariro River, and the Tauranga Taupō River. It is...
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  • D’Aosta, Italy Cobungra River, Victoria Wyoming, United States of America Yarraki (Olive) River, Queensland Tongariro River, New Zealand Turneffe Islands...
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  • Uniquely among New Zealand rivers, the various pools and widenings of the Tongariro River and its marshy delta have been given specific names which are...
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    Mount Ruapehu (category Tongariro Volcanic Centre)
    23 km (14 mi) southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within the Tongariro National Park. The North Island's major ski resorts and only glaciers...
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    Fly fishing (redirect from Salmon rivers)
    Zealand, nymphing has become the dominant form of fishing in rivers such as the Tongariro River. A technique involving a high visibility indicator, and 2...
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    rivers that flow into Lake Taupō (the others being the Tongariro River and the Tauranga Taupō River). The Waitahanui flows out of the foothills of the Kaimanawa...
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  • extend to the north east for 15 km (9.3 mi) crossing the top of the Tongariro River and for a short distance into the foothills of the Kaimanawa Mountains...
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  • main centre at Motutere, and Ngāti Turumākina at the mouth of the Tongariro River at the south end of the lake. There was a tradition of a paramount...
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    the Soviet Union, where he was tasked with catching trout from the Tongariro River for the other prisoners. After being released, Smith bought a garage...
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    Bridge and Piripiri Caves nearby Te Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Tongariro River Te Piripiri Bay, Lake Waikaremoana Piripiri Point, Auckland, on Te...
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  • Taupō with the furtherest south deposits in the drainage area of the Tongariro River. In length this is about 100 km (62 mi) and while the width of the...
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    Ruapehu, and by the Moawhango River. Water is taken from the lake for the Tongariro Power Scheme, feeding the Tongariro River via the Moawhango Tunnel, although...
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    diverted from the headwaters for the Tongariro Power Scheme. Instead, it bypasses the Waihianoa Aqueduct via a ford. The river flows for 161 kilometres (100 mi)...
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  • River Toitoi River Tokanui River Tokomairaro River Tokomaru River Tolson River Tone River Tongapōrutu River Tongariro River Topuni River Tōrere River...
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  • combat. As paramount chief he based himself at Waitahanui pa on the Tongariro River delta, where he slowly built up his prestige and authority. He died...
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    Mount Ngauruhoe (category Tongariro Volcanic Centre)
    Ngāuruhoe) is a volcanic cone in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro stratovolcano complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island and first...
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    from the side of Tongariro. It flowed down the deep scar Taranaki had left on his journey to the coast to form the Whanganui River. There are those who...
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  • all. He travelled past Lake Taupō, along the Tongariro River, through to Taranaki, and up the Waikato River. When he came to the village of Mahuta and the...
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    escaping into kanuka scrub from the trout hatchery gardens on the Tongariro River south of Lake Taupō. The prominent position and striking colour of...
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