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Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

Index Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, near the town of Twizel. [1]

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Abel Tasman

Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

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Aciphylla aurea

Aciphylla aurea is a species of Aciphylla, commonly known as golden speargrass or golden Spaniard.

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Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand Limited is the flag carrier airline of New Zealand.

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Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail

The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail is a cycle trail funded as one of the projects of the New Zealand Cycle Trail.

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Aoraki / Mount Cook

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand.

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Black stilt

The black stilt or kakī (Māori), Himantopus novaezelandiae, is found only in New Zealand, and is the world's rarest wading bird: fewer than 100 adults survive in the wild.

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Celmisia

Celmisia (New Zealand aster or New Zealand daisy) is a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the sunflower family.

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Chamois

The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, including the European Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians, the Tatra Mountains, the Balkans, parts of Turkey, the Caucasus, and the Apennines.

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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

The Department of Conservation (DOC) (Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.

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Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary OSN (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.

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Fairlie, New Zealand

Fairlie is a Mackenzie District service town located in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Finch

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.

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Forest parks of New Zealand

The forest parks of New Zealand are on public land administered by the Department of Conservation.

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Freda Du Faur

Emmeline Freda Du Faur (16 September 188211 September 1935) was an Australian mountaineer, the first woman to climb New Zealand's tallest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook.

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Glacier terminus

A glacier terminus, toe, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time.

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GNS Science

GNS Science (Māori: Te Pū Ao) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Himalayan tahr

The Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern Pakistan, northern India and Nepal.

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HMS Acheron (1838)

HMS Acheron was a ''Hermes''-class wooden paddle sloop of the Royal Navy.

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Hooker Glacier (New Zealand)

Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

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Hooker Lake

Hooker Lake is a proglacial lake that started to form in the late 1970s by the recent retreat of the Hooker Glacier.

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Hooker Valley Track

The Hooker Valley Track is the most popular short walking track within the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

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Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Jewelled gecko

The jewelled gecko (Naultinus gemmeus) is a species of gecko endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

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Kea

The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a large species of parrot in the family Nestoridae found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Lake Pukaki

Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island.

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Land Information New Zealand

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) (Māori: Toitū Te Whenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property.

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Lichen

A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship.

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List of mountains of New Zealand by height

The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand ordered by height.

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Lupinus polyphyllus

Lupinus polyphyllus (large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin) is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia east to Quebec, and western Wyoming, and south to Utah and California.

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Mark Inglis

Mark Joseph Inglis, ONZM (born 27 September 1959) is a mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker.

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Morepork

The Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae), also called the Ruru or Tasmanian Spotted Owl, is a small brown owl found throughout New Zealand and Tasmania.

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Mount Aspiring / Tititea

Mount Aspiring / Tititea is New Zealand's 23rd-highest mountain.

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Mount Cook Aerodrome

Mount Cook Aerodrome is an airport near Mount Cook Village, New Zealand.

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Mount Cook Airline

Mount Cook Airline, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is a regional airline based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Mount Cook Group

Mount Cook Group was a New Zealand tourism and transport operator founded on 2 April 1912 by Rodolph Lysaght Wigley.

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Mount Cook Village

Aoraki / Mount Cook, often referred to as Mount Cook Village, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.

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Mount Ollivier

Mount Ollivier is a mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.

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Mount Sefton

Mount Sefton (Māori: Maukatua) is a mountain in the Aroarokaehe Range of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, just south of Aoraki / Mount Cook.

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Mount Tasman

Mount Tasman (Horokoau in Māori) is New Zealand's second highest mountain, rising to a height of.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Mueller Glacier

The Mueller Glacier is a long glacier flowing through Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Murchison Glacier

The Murchison Glacier is an long glacier flowing through Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand.

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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA (Māori: Taihoro Nukurangi), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand.

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National parks of New Zealand

The national parks of New Zealand are 14 protected areas administered by the Department of Conservation.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Cycle Trail

The New Zealand Cycle Trail project (Māori: Nga Haerenga, "The Journeys") is a New Zealand government initiative, co-funded together with local councils and charitable trusts, which is to build and operate a network of cycle routes through the country.

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New Zealand fantail

The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird, the only species of fantail in New Zealand.

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New Zealand pigeon

The New Zealand pigeon or kereru (Maori: kererū; Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a bird endemic to New Zealand.

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New Zealand rock wren

The New Zealand rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

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New Zealand State Highway 80

State Highway 80 is a South Island state highway in New Zealand.

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Ngāi Tahu

Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand.

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Oamaru

Oamaru (Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District.

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Pipit

The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails.

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Proglacial lake

In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice.

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Protected areas of New Zealand

Protected areas of New Zealand are areas which receive protection because of their environmental, historical or cultural value to the nation.

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Prunus cerasus

Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia.

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Railhead

No description.

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Ranunculus lyallii

Ranunculus lyallii (Mountain buttercup, Mount Cook buttercup, or, although not a lily, Mount Cook lily), is a species of Ranunculus (buttercup), endemic to New Zealand, where it occurs in the South Island and on Stewart Island at altitudes of 700–1,500 m.Ranunculaceae Society: Alpine Plants of New Zealand: The species was discovered by David Lyall, (1817–1895), a noted Scottish botanist and doctor.

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Red deer

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.

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Rifleman (bird)

The rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Māori: tītipounamu) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand.

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Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns is a small flat area with two small tarns halfway up the northern slopes of the Sealy Range.

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Ski touring

Ski touring is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Snow cave

A snow cave is a shelter constructed in snow by certain animals in the wild, human mountain climbers, winter recreational enthusiasts, and winter survivalists.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Southern Alps

The Southern Alps (Kā Tiritiri-o-te-Moana) is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side.

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Sparrow

Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds.

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Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz is a New Zealand news website published by Fairfax Digital, a division of Fairfax New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian company Fairfax Media Ltd.

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Tasman Glacier

Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.

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Tasman Lake

Tasman Lake is a proglacial lake formed by the recent retreat of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island.

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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia created by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government.

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Te Wahipounamu

Te Wāhipounamu (Māori for "the place of greenstone") is a World Heritage Site in the south west corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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The Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook Village

The Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook Village is a hotel located inside the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, north of Twizel.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Tom Fyfe

Thomas Camperdown "Tom" Fyfe (June 23, 1870 in Timaru - 1947 in Hastings) was a self-taught New Zealand mountaineer from Timaru.

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Tramping in New Zealand

Tramping, known elsewhere as backpacking, rambling, hill walking or bushwalking, is a popular activity in New Zealand.

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Tussock grasslands of New Zealand

Tussock grasslands form expansive and distinctive landscapes in the South Island and to a lesser extent in the central plateau region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Twizel

Twizel (Ruataniwha) is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Westland Tai Poutini National Park is located on the western coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Weta

Weta is the common name for a group of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.

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Wilding conifer

Wilding conifers, also known as wilding pines, are invasive trees in the high country of New Zealand.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoraki/Mount_Cook_National_Park

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