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    The South Taranaki Bight is a large bay on the west coast of New Zealand, south of Taranaki, west of the Manawatu, north and west of the western entrance...
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    name is echoed by the South Taranaki Bight to the south of Cape Egmont. As with its southern counterpart, the size of the bight depends to a large extent...
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    New York Bight North Taranaki Bight Robson Bight Santa Monica Bay South Taranaki Bight Southern Bight Southern California Bight Trinity Bight, Newfoundland...
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    Taranaki. The region covers an area of 7258 km2. Its large bays north-west and south-west of Cape Egmont are North Taranaki Bight and South Taranaki Bight...
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    Tangahoe River (category South Taranaki District)
    country to the east of Lake Rotorangi, reaching the Tasman Sea in the South Taranaki Bight 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Hāwera. An elder, of Tangahoe and Ngāti...
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    tsunami that occurred between 1470 and 1510 was associated with the South Taranaki Bight possibly extended down to Abel Tasman National Park. Evidence of...
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  • one of areas being frequented by pygmy blue whales along with off South Taranaki Bight which was discovered in 2007 and was confirmed in 2014. "Place name...
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    Patea (category South Taranaki District)
    Pātea River flows through the town from the north-east and into the South Taranaki Bight. Patea is the traditional final place where some Māori led by Turi...
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    centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of 10,350. It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins...
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    Pātea River (category South Taranaki District)
    before swinging south and reaching the South Taranaki Bight near the town of Patea. The river was the original portal to South Taranaki for both Māori...
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    Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of the Manawatu River, 35 kilometres southwest of Palmerston...
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    Cook Strait (redirect from Zeehaen's Bight)
    by the vast coastal plains which formed at the South Taranaki Bight which connected the North and South islands. Sea levels began to rise 7,000 years ago...
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    Hauraki Gulf Firth of Thames Hawke Bay Ninety Mile Beach North Taranaki Bight South Taranaki Bight Lake Taupō Waikato River Whanganui River Coromandel Peninsula...
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    Horowhenua around Levin in the south to Marton in the north, the triangular area of land extends inland from the South Taranaki Bight to almost as far as Ashhurst...
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    Ohawe (category South Taranaki District)
    Ohawe is at the mouth of the Waingongoro River, where it reaches the South Taranaki Bight. The name means "place of a river bend", referring to the winding...
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    the Tasman Sea and the Lau Basin in winter and feed mostly in the South Taranaki Bight and off the coast of eastern North Island. Blue whales have been...
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  • Marton–New Plymouth line (category Rail transport in Taranaki)
    Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui regions. It branches from the North Island Main Trunk railway (NIMT) at Marton and runs near the South Taranaki Bight...
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  • Waiinu Beach (category South Taranaki District)
    on the South Taranaki Bight in South Taranaki, New Zealand. Waverley is 18.5 km to the north-west by road, and Whanganui is 42 km to the south-east. Road...
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    flows from the Central Plateau south past Taihape, Mangaweka, Hunterville, Marton, and Bulls, to the South Taranaki Bight at Tangimoana, 40 kilometres (25 mi)...
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    ford. The river flows for 161 kilometres (100 mi) southward to the South Taranaki Bight near the settlement of Whangaehu. The sudden collapse of part of...
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    present day levels, the North and South islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the South Taranaki Bight. During this period, most of...
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    Southern right whale (category Mammals of South Australia)
    Whangarei Harbour, Foveaux Strait, South Taranaki Bight, Moutohora Island and Wineglass Bay. Hermanus in South Africa has become known as a centre for...
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    levels, the North and South Islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the South Taranaki Bight. Similarly, the South Island and Stewart...
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    Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight, 14 kilometres northwest of Levin, and 17 kilometres southwest of...
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  • West Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, an area known as the South Taranaki Bight. TTR proposed to dredge 5 million tonnes per annum of iron sand from...
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    Cape Egmont (category South Taranaki District)
    Egmont Cape Egmont, splitting Northern and Southern Taranaki Bights, is the westernmost point of Taranaki, on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island...
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  • Manawapou River (category South Taranaki District)
    origins in rough hill country to the northeast of Hāwera, to reach the South Taranaki Bight between Hāwera and Patea. The river rises on a sandy mid-Pliocene...
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    Taranaki and the coasts of the North and South Taranaki Bights. Distances are measured from north to south. For most of its length SH4 is a two-lane...
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    Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight north of the mouth of Ōtaki River, 4.0 kilometres northwest of Ōtaki...
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    Māori. Located north of Wellington, the district stretches from the South Taranaki Bight toward the North Island Volcanic Plateau, forming a trapezium-shaped...
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