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Invercargill

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Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. [1]

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Aber and Inver (placename elements)

Aber and Inver are common elements in place-names of Celtic origin.

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Air Nelson

Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is a regional airline based in Nelson, New Zealand.

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Air New Zealand

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

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Alex Lithgow

Alexander Frame Lithgow (1 December 1870 in Glasgow – 12 July 1929 in Launceston, Tasmania) was a Scottish-born, New Zealand and Australian based composer and bandleader known as the "Sousa of the Antipodes".

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Antarctic

The Antarctic (US English, UK English or and or) is a polar region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.

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Anton Oliver

Anton David Oliver (born 9 September 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player.

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Arrowtown

Arrowtown is an historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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ATR 72

The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de transport régional), a joint venture formed by French aerospace company Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and Italian aviation conglomerate Aeritalia (now Leonardo S.p.A.). The number "72" in its name is derived from the aircraft's standard seating configuration in a passenger-carrying configuration, which could seat 72–78 passengers in a single-class arrangement.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Aurora

An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), sometimes referred to as polar lights, northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).

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Aurora College (Invercargill)

Aurora College is a state coeducational Year 7–13 secondary school located in Invercargill, New Zealand.

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Awarua Plains

The Awarua Plain is a large area of wetland to the east of Bluff, New Zealand.

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Ballet dancer

A ballet dancer (ballerina fem., ballerino masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.

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Beer in New Zealand

Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in New Zealand, accounting for 63% of available alcohol for sale.

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Bill Crawford-Compton

Air Vice Marshal William Vernon "Bill" Crawford-Compton, (2 March 1915 – 2 January 1988) was a New Zealand-born pilot and air ace of the Second World War.

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Bill Manhire

William "Bill" Manhire, CNZM (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate.

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Bluff Branch

The Bluff Branch, officially the Bluff Line since 2011, is a railway line in Southland, New Zealand that links Invercargill with the port of Bluff.

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Bluff, New Zealand

Bluff (Motupōhue), previously known as Campbelltown and often referred to as "The Bluff", is a town and seaport in the Southland region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Bob Yule

Robert Duncan "Bob" Yule, (29 January 1920 – 11 September 1953) was a New Zealand-born officer of the Royal Air Force and a flying ace of the Second World War.

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Bobby pin

A bobby pin (also known as a kirby grip or hair grip in the United Kingdom) is a type of hairpin, usually of metal or plastic, used in coiffure to hold hair in place.

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Bombardier Dash 8

The Bombardier Dash 8 or Q-Series, previously known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC-8, is a series of twin-engine, medium-range, turboprop airliners.

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Boyce Richardson

Boyce Richardson, CM (born March 21, 1928 in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand) is a Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker.

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Burt Munro

Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a New Zealand motorcycle racer, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, 26 August 1967.

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Carlisle, Cumbria

Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer Luel Cathair Luail) is the county town of Cumbria.

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Central Otago

Central Otago is an informal name for the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Chris Knox

Chris Knox (born 2 September 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and movie reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Clifton, Invercargill

Clifton is the southernmost suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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Corey Flynn

Corey Robert Flynn (born 5 January 1981) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for West Coast in the Heartland Championship.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional light opera company that staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas nearly year-round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North America and elsewhere, from the 1870s until 1982.

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Dairy farming

Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for eventual sale of a dairy product.

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Dan Davin

Daniel Marcus "Dan" Davin (1 September 1913 – 28 September 1990) was an author who wrote about New Zealand, although for most of his career he lived in Oxford, England, working for Oxford University Press.

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Dave Cull

David Charles "Dave" Cull, JP (born 1 April 1950) is the mayor of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand.

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Dene Halatau

Dene Halatau (born 27 January 1983) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Wests Tigers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ernest Godward

Ernest Robert Godward (7 April 1869 – 2 December 1936) was an English born inventor and engineer who lived in New Zealand, England, and the United States.

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Eye Water

Eye Water is a river in the Scottish Borders, it flows in a general SE direction from its source in the Lammermuir Hills to its estuary at Eyemouth on the east coast of Scotland, having a length of approximately.

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Fiordland

Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western-most third of Southland.

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Fiordland National Park

Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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First-past-the-post voting

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

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Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)

The Free Church of Scotland was a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism or division known as the Disruption of 1843.

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Garfield Todd

Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd (13 July 1908 – 13 October 2002) was a liberal Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1953 to 1958 and later became an opponent of white minority rule in Rhodesia.

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Geoffrey Cox (journalist)

Sir Geoffrey Sandford Cox, CNZM, CBE (7 April 1910 – 2 April 2008) was a New Zealand-born newspaper and television journalist.

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Georgetown, New Zealand

Georgetown is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Glen Thomson

Glen Thomson (born 12 July 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.

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Gore, New Zealand

Gore (Maruawai) is a town and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Governor-General of New Zealand

The Governor-General of New Zealand (Te Kāwana Tianara o Aotearoa) is the viceregal representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Greenhills, New Zealand

Greenhills is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Harry Norris (conductor)

Harry Norris (23 November 1887 – 22 June 1979) was a New Zealand-born conductor best remembered as musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1920 to 1929.

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Hawthorndale

Hawthorndale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Heidelberg, New Zealand

Heidelberg is a suburb of the southern New Zealand city of Invercargill.

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Herbert Pither

Herbert John Pither (1871–1934) was a professional cyclist, engine manufacturer and aviation experimenter.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Hockey

Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.

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Instant coffee

Instant coffee, also called soluble coffee, coffee crystals, and coffee powder, is a beverage derived from brewed coffee beans that enables people to quickly prepare hot coffee by adding hot water to the powder or crystals and stirring.

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Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)

Invercargill is an electorate of the New Zealand Parliament that has existed since 1866.

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Invercargill Airport

Invercargill Airport is a controlled aerodrome located west of the city centre of Invercargill at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Invercargill Brewery

Invercargill Brewery, is the Southern most manufacturer of beer in New Zealand.

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Invercargill Golf Club

The Invercargill Golf Club is located on Dunns Road in Otatara, near Invercargill.

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Invercargill ILT Velodrome

The SIT Zero Fees Velodrome is an indoor velodrome at Invercargill in the South Island of New Zealand. The $11 million velodrome is an indoor complex next to Stadium Southland, built on the western side of the stadium proper. (The other New Zealand indoor velodrome is the Avantidrome, at Cambridge, in the North Island of the country). The SIT Zero Fees Velodrome also acted as a home for the Southern Steel netball side and Southland Sharks basketball team from 2011 to 2013, after the collapse of Stadium Southland in September 2010, following a freak Southland snow storm.

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Invercargill Licensing Trust

The Invercargill Licensing Trust is a licensing trust in the city of Invercargill in New Zealand.

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Invercargill March

The "Invercargill March" is a march written by Alex Lithgow and named after his home town of Invercargill, on the South Island of New Zealand.

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Invercargill Rowing Club

The Invercargill Rowing Club is a New Zealand rowing club.

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Invercargill Rugby Club (Blues)

Invercargill Rugby Club (Blues) is an amateur rugby team that plays in the Premier Division of Southland Club Rugby.

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Iwi

Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.

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James Alexander Robertson Menzies

James Alexander Robertson Menzies (21 February 1821 – 18 August 1888) was the first Superintendent of the Southland Province in New Zealand from 3 August 1861 to November 1864 during its breakaway from Otago Province (1861 to 1870).

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James Hargest

Brigadier James Hargest, (4 September 1891 – 12 August 1944) was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces, serving in both the First and Second World Wars.

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James Hargest College

James Hargest College is a large school of about 1,950–2,000 students, in Invercargill, New Zealand.

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JATO

JATO (acronym for jet-assisted take-off), is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets.

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Jeff Wilson (sportsman)

Jeffrey "Goldie" William Wilson (born 24 October 1973) is a New Zealand sportsman who has represented his country in both rugby union and cricket — a so-called "Double All Black", an increasingly rare achievement in the professional era.

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Jeremy Waldron

Jeremy Waldron (born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy.

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John Burke (mayor)

John Brian Burke (born 6 February 1946) is a former mayor of Porirua City, Wellington Region, New Zealand.

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John Turnbull Thomson

John Turnbull Thomson (10 August 1821 – 16 October 1884) was a British civil engineer and artist who played an instrumental role in the development of the early infrastructure of nineteenth-century Singapore and New Zealand.

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Johnny Checketts

John Milne "Johnny" Checketts, (20 February 1912 – 21 April 2006) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War, who was credited with the destruction of 14½ enemy aircraft, 3 probably destroyed and 11 damaged.

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Joseph Hatch

Joseph Hatch (1837 – 2 September 1928) was a New Zealand politician who is best remembered for the harvesting penguins and elephant seals for their oil on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island from 1890 to 1919.

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Joseph Ward

Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet of Wellington, (26 April 1856 – 8 July 1930) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1906 to 1912 and from 1928 to 1930.

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Kennington, New Zealand

Kennington is a town located in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Khan Manuel

Khan Manuel is an Australian rock and fusion guitarist noted for his debut instrumental release The Knight.

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Kumagaya, Saitama

is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Lesley Rumball

Lesley Marie Rumball (née Nicol, born 9 May 1973) is a former New Zealand netball player.

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Lesley Soper

Lesley Frances Soper (born 5 November 1954) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

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List of cricket and rugby union players

This is a list of sports people who have played both cricket and rugby union at a high level.

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List of islands of New Zealand

New Zealand consists of a large number of islands; estimated around six hundred.

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Lorneville, New Zealand

Lorneville is a small settlement on the northern outskirts of Invercargill, in Southland, New Zealand.

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Lyttelton, New Zealand

Lyttelton (Māori: Ōhinehou) is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour, at the north-western end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Main South Line

The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railroad line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin.

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Mainland Air

Mainland Air Services is a general aviation, flight training and air charter company operating out of Dunedin International Airport in New Zealand.

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Marae

A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malae (in Tongan), meae (in Marquesan), and malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies.

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Marton Csokas

Marton Paul Csokas (born 30 June 1966) is a New Zealand actor.

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Mayor of Invercargill

The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and presides over the Invercargill City Council.

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Māori electorates

In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that gives reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound and its ice-clogged waters extends about 55 kilometres (34 mi) long and wide.

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Meat packing industry

The meat packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Mils Muliaina

Junior Malili 'Mils' Muliaina (born 31 July 1980) is a professional rugby union player who most recently played for San Francisco Rush in the US PRO Rugby competition.

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Ministry of Education (New Zealand)

The Ministry of Education (Māori: Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing the New Zealand education system.

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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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Myross Bush

Myross Bush is a rural community on the northeastern outskirts of the city of Invercargill in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Nathan Cohen (rower)

Nathan Phillip Cohen (born 2 January 1986) is a New Zealand rower.

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National Rugby League

The National Rugby League (NRL) is a league of professional men's rugby league teams in Australasia.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players.

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New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party (Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (Reipa), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand.

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New Zealand local elections, 2016

The 2016 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and District Health Board members.

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New Zealand national netball team

The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball.

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New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party (Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National (Nāhinara) or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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New Zealand Parliament

The New Zealand Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa) is the legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Queen of New Zealand (Queen-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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New Zealand State Highway 1

State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands.

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New Zealand State Highway 6

State Highway 6 is a major New Zealand state highway.

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New Zealand state highway network

The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network 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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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Ohai

Ohаi is a town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island, 65 kilometres northwest of Invercargill and 25 kilometres west of Winton.

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Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE (19 September 1882 – 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.

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Omaui

Omaui is a small coastal village in Southland region, New Zealand.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Opshop

Opshop is a New Zealand rock band who formed in 2002.

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Oreti Beach

Oreti Beach is the central bay of three lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Te Waewae Bay and Toetoes Bay.

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Oreti River

The Oreti River is one of the main rivers of Southland, New Zealand, and is long.

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Otago Province

The Otago Province was a province of New Zealand until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.

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Otatara

Otatara is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Pacific Islander

Pacific Islanders or Pasifikas are the peoples of the Pacific Islands.

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Peter Arnett

Peter Gregg Arnett, ONZM (born 13 November 1934) is a New Zealand-born journalist holding both New Zealand and US citizenship.

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Postcodes in New Zealand

Postcodes in New Zealand consist of four digits, the first two of which specify the area, the third the type of delivery (street, PO Box, Private Bag, or Rural delivery), and the last the specific lobby, RD (rural delivery) number, or suburb.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Te Pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.

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Queens Park, Invercargill

Queens Park is a tourist attraction in Invercargill, New Zealand, and was part of the original plan when Invercargill was founded in 1856.

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown (Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.

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Ranfurly Shield

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Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.

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Richmond, Invercargill

Richmond is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Rino Tirikatene

Rino Tirikatene (born) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Te Tai Tonga electorate since the.

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River Dee, Aberdeenshire

The River Dee (Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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River Don, Aberdeenshire

The River Don (Deathan) is a river in north-east Scotland.

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River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway

The River Esk (Easg), also called the Border Esk, is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that flows into the Solway Firth.

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River Forth

The River Forth is a major river, long, whose drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt.

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River Ness

The River Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nis) is a river about 6 miles or 10km long, which flows from the northern end of Loch Ness in Scotland, through Loch Dochfour, north-east to Inverness, with a total fall in height of about 16 metres before discharging into the Beauly Firth.

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River Spey

The River Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland.

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River Tay

The River Tay (Tatha) is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in the United Kingdom.

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River Tyne, Scotland

The River Tyne is a river in Scotland.

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Riverton, New Zealand

Riverton or Aparima is a small town 30 kilometres west of Invercargill via State Highway 99 on the Southern Scenic Route.

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RNZAF Base Ohakea

RNZAF Base Ohakea is an operational base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Rosedale, Invercargill

Rosedale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Rowena Jackson

Rowena Othlie Jackson (born 24 March 1926) is a New Zealand former prima ballerina.

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Ruapuke

Ruapuke is a small farming community (predominantly sheep and cattle farmers) in the Waikato region on the slopes of Karioi, between Raglan and Kawhia in New Zealand.

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Rugby Park Stadium

Rugby Park is a sports venue and home ground for the Mitre10 Cup and Southland.

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Rugby Southland

Rugby Southland is the provincial rugby union who govern the Southland Region of New Zealand.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Sarah Dowie

Sarah Maree Dowie (born 1975) is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party and holds the Invercargill seat.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Solid Energy

Solid Energy was the largest coal mining company in New Zealand and is a state owned enterprise of the New Zealand Government.

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Solstice

A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.

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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 Institute of Technology

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Murihiku) is one of New Zealand’s largest institutes of technology, with over 12,000 students in 2011.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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Southern Scenic Route

The Southern Scenic Route is a tourist highway in New Zealand linking Queenstown, Fiordland, Te Anau and the iconic Milford Road to Dunedin via, Riverton, Invercargill and The Catlins.

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Southern Steel

The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the ANZ Premiership.

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Southern Sting

The Southern Sting were a netball team based in Invercargill, New Zealand that competed in The National Bank Cup competition, formerly known as the Coca-Cola Cup.

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Southerner (New Zealand train)

The Southerner was a passenger express train in New Zealand's South Island between Christchurch and Invercargill along the South Island Main Trunk, that ran from Tuesday, 1 December 1970 to Sunday, 10 February 2002.

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Southland Boys' High School

Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982.

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Southland Girls' High School

Southland Girls' High School is a girls' secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand, established in 1879.

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Southland Plains

The Southland Plains is a general name given to several areas of low-lying land in the South Island of New Zealand, separated by the rise of the Hokonui Hills in the north.

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Southland Sharks

The Southland Sharks are a New Zealand basketball team based in Invercargill.

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Southland Spirit FC

Southland Spirit FC was a semi-professional association football club from Invercargill, New Zealand.

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Southland, New Zealand

Southland (Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region.

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St. Mary's Basilica, Invercargill

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Stadium Southland

ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill, New Zealand is a multi-purpose venue, capable of conducting a wide range of events from large scale concerts to sporting events and exhibitions.

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Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa), branded as Stats NZ, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the collection of statistics related to the economy, population and society of New Zealand.

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Stewart Island

Stewart Island/Rakiura (commonly called Stewart Island) is the third-largest island of New Zealand.

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Strathern, New Zealand

Strathern is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Suqian

Suqian (IPA) is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.

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Suzanne Prentice

Suzanne Lena Prentice, (born 19 September 1958 in Invercargill, New Zealand), is a country singer in New Zealand.

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Te Anau

Te Anau is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Te Puni Kōkiri

Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), the Ministry of Māori Development, is the public service department charged with advising the government on policies and issues affecting the Māori community; promoting Māori achievement in health, training and employment, education and economic development; and monitoring the provision of government services to Māori.

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Te Tai Tonga

2008 Te Tai Tonga is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Territorial authorities of New Zealand

Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils.

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The Catlins

The Catlins (sometimes referred to as The Catlins Coast) comprises an area in the southeastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.

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The Southland Times

The Southland Times is the regional daily paper for Southland, including Invercargill, and neighbouring parts of Otago, in New Zealand.

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The World's Fastest Indian

The World's Fastest Indian is a 2005 New Zealand biographical sports drama film based on the New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro and his highly modified Indian Scout motorcycle.

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Thomas Gore Browne

Colonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne, (3 July 1807 – 17 April 1887) was a British colonial administrator, who was Governor of St Helena, Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda.

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Tim Shadbolt

Timothy Richard Shadbolt (born 19 February 1947) is a New Zealand politician.

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Time in New Zealand

Time in New Zealand, by law, is divided into two standard time zones.

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Tisbury, New Zealand

Tisbury is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Tiwai Point

Tiwai Point lies at the entrance to Bluff Harbour on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Tom Scully (cyclist)

Thomas Scully (born 14 January 1990) is a New Zealander road racing cyclist who currently rides for in the UCI World Tour.

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Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles.

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Velodrome

A velodrome is an arena for track cycling.

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Verdon College

Verdon College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 7 to 13 (ages 11–18).

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Victor Spencer

Victor Manson Spencer (1 November 1896 – 24 February 1918) was a volunteer from Invercargill, New Zealand who fought in the Otago Regiment of the New Zealand Division in World War I. Spencer was executed for desertion on 24 February 1918, despite later suggestions that he was severely traumatised by shellshock, having fought and survived several campaigns.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Waihopai River (Southland)

The Waihopai River — the more southerly of two New Zealand rivers of that name — runs through the South Island's Southland Region.

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Waikiwi

Waikiwi is a suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

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Wairio Branch

The Ohai Line, formerly the Ohai Industrial Line and previously the Wairio Branch and the Ohai Railway Board's line, is a 54.5 km branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand.

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Waitemata City

Waitemata City was a New Zealand city in the greater Auckland area.

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Walter Mantell

Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell (11 March 1820 – 7 September 1895) was a 19th-century New Zealand naturalist, politician, and land purchase commissioner. He was a founder and first secretary of the New Zealand Institute, and a collector of moa remains.

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Warren Parry

Warren Parry (born 9 January 1964) is a New Zealand darts player.

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West Coast, New Zealand

The West Coast (Te Tai Poutini) is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island, it is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country.

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West Invercargill

West Invercargill is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Westpac

Westpac Banking Corporation, more commonly known as Westpac, is an Australian bank and financial-services provider headquartered in Westpac Place, Sydney.

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Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football merger club based in both the Inner West and Western Sydney.

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Wharenui

A wharenui (literally "big house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a marae.

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William Cargill

William Walter Cargill (27 August 1784 – 6 August 1860) was the founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand, after serving as an officer in the British Army.

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Windsor, Invercargill

Windsor is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

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Winton, New Zealand

Winton is a rural town in Southland, New Zealand.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yarrow Water

The Yarrow Water is a river in the Borders in the south east of Scotland.

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Yeastie Boys

Yeastie Boys is an independent brewing company based in Wellington, New Zealand.

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References

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