Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the...
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Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand....
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The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa...
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Radio Waitomo 1ZW was a radio station that broadcast on 1170 kHz on the AM band in Te Kūiti, New Zealand. The station was started on 15 March 1985 by...
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Te Kūiti (redirect from Pukenui School, Waitomo)
Kūiti is approximately 80 km south of Hamilton and 19 km south-east of Waitomo. The area around Te Kūiti, commonly known as the King Country, gives its...
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The Big Apple is a large statue of an apple in Waitomo, New Zealand. It is 7.5 metres (25 ft) tall, and located between Ōtorohanga and Te Kūiti on State...
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Bennett Airtruck (redirect from Waitomo PL-11 Airtruck)
Moth in the New Zealand aerial topdressing market by Luigi Pellarini for Waitomo Aircraft. The prototype was constructed using bits of war surplus ex-RNZAF...
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Waitomo Group is a New Zealand fuel retailing and distribution company. It is based in Hamilton and has 70 petrol stations around the country including...
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for tourists wanting to see the glowworms. These include the caves in Waitomo, Waipu, Inglewood and Te Ana-au, and also in areas of native vegetation...
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The Waitomo Caves Discovery Centre is a museum located in the town of Waitomo in the North Island of New Zealand. The museum is also referred to as the...
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Waitomo Caves Hotel (originally called Waitomo House and later Government Hostel at Waitomo) is a historic hotel built in 1908 that is located in Waitomo...
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Leiopelma waitomoensis (redirect from Waitomo frog)
The Waitomo frog (Leiopelma waitomoensis) is an extinct species of the genus Leiopelma from New Zealand. The Waitomo frog's distribution was solely in...
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Exploration and study of caves The society also maintains the library at the Waitomo Caves Museum. Caving in New Zealand Pearson, Anna. "Caving in New Zealand"...
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Waitomo was a parliamentary electorate in the Waikato region and the King Country of New Zealand, from 1919 to 1972. The electorate was represented by...
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Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members...
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including: Rangitoto lava caves Wiri Lava Cave Waitomo district: Aranui Cave Gardner's Gut Ruakuri Cave Waitomo Cave Broken River Cave Cathedral Caves Cave...
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served in local government: as Papakura city mayor from 2004 to 2007 and as Waitomo district mayor since 2019. After a career as a chartered accountant, Robertson...
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waitomoensis, known as the Waitomo cave weta, is a large species of cave weta (New Zealand cave cricket, tokoriro), native to the Waitomo district of New Zealand...
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ColorShop Fuel Allied Petroleum BP Caltex Challenge GAS Gull Mobil NPD Waitomo Z Energy Pharmaceutical Body Shop Chemist Warehouse Life Pharmacy Unichem...
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Waitomo District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waitomo) is the territorial authority for the Waitomo District of New Zealand. The council is led...
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The Mayor of Waitomo officiates over the Waitomo District Council. John Robertson is the current mayor of Waitomo. He was elected mayor in 2019. "Elected...
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folklore's tell of man-eating snake-like creatures. He treks into the Waitomo Caves and Lake Manapouri and discovers just how savage and dangerous these...
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(2004). The New Zealand Cave Atlas, Volume 2 South Island (2004 ed.). Waitomo, N.Z: New Zealand Speleological Society. OCLC 156787349. Wikimedia Commons...
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Published by Waitomo Caves Museum Society. 60 pages (ISBN 0-908683-09-X) [The book can be obtained from: Waitomo Caves Museum, P.O.Box 12, Waitomo Caves, New...
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Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand Piripiri Caves and Piri Piri School, in Waitomo District, New Zealand Acaena (Māori: piripiri), a plant genus of the Southern...
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Ruakuri Cave (category Waitomo District)
Ruakuri Cave is one of the longer caves in the Waitomo area of New Zealand. It was first discovered by local Māori between 400 and 500 years ago. The...
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Maunga) Mount Tarawera Whakaari / White Island North Island Volcanic Plateau Waitomo Caves Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku...
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eleven territorial authorities are Taupō District (part), Waikato District, Waitomo District (part), Thames-Coromandel District, Ōtorohanga District, South...
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Undetermined. 220 Western bison Bison occidentalis Alaska and Yukon 220-320 Waitomo frog Leiopelma waitomoensis North Island, New Zealand Predation by polynesian...
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Country In Recess 1932–1938 Closed 2018 Wellington 13 Wellington Closed 1968 Waitomo 14 1928 Te Kuiti, King Country Closed 1969 Toheroa 15 1931 Dargaville,...
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