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    Ngā Rā-a-Kupe, formerly known as Kupe's Sail, is a geological formation near the eastern end of Palliser Bay at the southern end of the North Island of...
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    of carrying a complement of 25 people under sail or paddle, fully provisioned. It is said that at first Kupe had some difficulty filling the waka, with...
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    Rā-a-Kupe, previously known as Kupe's Sail, is a nearby triangular upthrust of sedimentary rock shaped like a sail. Maori history and the Kupe legend...
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    geographical features in the area, including the Putangirua Pinnacles, Kupe's Sail and the Whatarangi Bluff, the erosion of which has had dramatic effects...
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    sailed around to Gisborne and became the first man there. According to the iwi of North Auckland and the west coast of the North Island, Kupe sailed to...
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    According to some Māori legends, the great Polynesian explorer and navigator Kupe sailed from Hawaiki in his canoe named Matahourua and landed at Taipa Bay. Others...
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    of light"). The full name of the harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe — "the place of Kupe's great return". The Hokianga is in the Far North District, which...
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  • and their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was overboard, Kupe set sail for New Zealand...
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  • Terraces Lion Rock Wairere Boulders Hole in the Rock Koutu Boulders Kupe's Sail Orakei Korako Pinnacle Ridge Castle Craig Rock & Mangapohue Natural Bridge...
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  • given to Turi, and was sailed by him to New Zealand. The other canoe, the Matahourua, was later commandeered by Kupe who sailed it to New Zealand with...
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  • with their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was overboard, Kupe set sail for New Zealand...
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  • drifted to uninhabited shores.[citation needed] In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa-wood raft, from South America into the Pacific in...
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    the Island is an abbreviation of the Maori name Te Mana o Kupe, which means "The Mana of Kupe". Mana Island is a 3 km (1.9 mi) long, 2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)...
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    Pacific Ocean is calm after a terrible storm. Rasputin, a Russian pirate, sails aboard a Fijian catamaran, when his second Cranio spots two young unconscious...
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  • filling them with food for his many descendants. Rākaihautū originally sailed with his wife Waiariki-o-āio, their son Te Rakihouia, and their people from...
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    "cooper" is derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German kūper 'cooper' from kūpe 'cask', in turn from Latin cupa 'tun, barrel'. The word was adopted in England...
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  • Hikitaketake, Rongoiamoa, Taihopi, Taihapoa, Kahutua, Motoro, Te Angi, Kupe, Ngake, Paikea, and Uenuku. Rongokako studied at the whare wānanga (school...
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    Wellington. The strait is named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770. In Māori it is named Te Moana-o-Raukawa, which means...
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    of Asan, about 70 km (43 mi) from Seoul. The troops destined for Korea sailed on board three British-owned steamers chartered by the Chinese government...
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  • explorer Kupe who is said to have visited Wellington hundreds of years ago. Several sites in Wellington are said to be named by or after Kupe, for example...
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    Manihiki and three other islands. In August 1963, a small boat, Tearoha, set sail from Manihiki to Rakahanga for food. On leaving Rakahanga on 15 August 1963...
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    the Kuping tael (庫平两), and by official Qing government standards 1 Kuping tael = 10 Mace = 100 Candareens. Under the Guangxu Emperor several Kuping tael...
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  • they came. Ngāti Hei can trace its roots to the arrival of Kupe, the great navigator, who sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa in 950AD and whose presence is commemorated...
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  • graduating in 1935. He took a job as a doctor in the Colonial Service, and sailed to Nigeria in 1937. He lived in Nigeria and the Cameroons for the next 20...
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  • Commercial fishing is common among the people of Balondo. The fishermen sail to fishing ports in dug-out canoes to exchange food crops and other items...
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  • early nineteenth century. The Portuguese were among the first westerners to sail east to the "Spice Islands". Loanwords from Portuguese were mainly connected...
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    177.5°E / -39.333333; 177.5 (Hawkes Bay) Cape Turnagain 17 October Cook sailed Endeavour south to this point, where upon meeting adverse conditions he...
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    priest aboard, so tricks Ngātoroirangi and his wife Kearoa aboard and sets sail. Tama also steals away Whakaotirangi, the wife of Ruaeo; Roa' changes the...
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  • muskets as well as Māori weapons, embarked on the Elizabeth at Kapiti, and sailed for Banks Peninsula. On arrival at Takapūneke the Elizabeth anchored in...
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    contractions of the original Māori names. Early Māori explorers such as Kupe, Ngahue, and Toi named many of New Zealand's coastal features. Like later...
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