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Westport, New Zealand

Index Westport, New Zealand

Westport (Kawatiri) is a town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. [1]

67 relations: Abel Tasman National Park, Air New Zealand, Arctocephalus forsteri, Auckland, Branch line, Buller District, Buller Gorge, Buller High School, Buller River, Cape Foulwind, Cement, Charles Heaphy, Coal mining, Dairy farming, Dolphin, Dredging, Fishing, Forest, Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier, Geologist, Glacier, Gold mining, Greymouth, Hanmer Springs, Holcim, Ireland, Iwi, Jetboat, Karamea, Logging, Marae, Māori language, Nelson Province, New Zealand census, New Zealand State Highway 6, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Oparara Basin Arches, Open-pit mining, PDF, Ports of Auckland, Pounamu, Rafting, Royal Society Te Apārangi, Schooner, Seal hunting, Seddonville, Seddonville Branch, Sergeants Hill, Solid Energy, ..., Sounds Air, South Island, Stillwater–Westport Line, Stockton, New Zealand, Surveying, Tasman Sea, Te Puni Kōkiri, Thomas Brunner, Tourism New Zealand, Wellington, West Coast, New Zealand, Westport Airport (New Zealand), Westport News, Westport, County Mayo, Whale, Wharenui, William Fox (politician). Expand index (17 more) »

Abel Tasman National Park

Abel Tasman National Park is a New Zealand national park located between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay at the north end of the South Island.

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Air New Zealand

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

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Arctocephalus forsteri

Arctocephalus forsteri, the Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal, is a species of fur seal found mainly around the South and Western coasts and offshore islands of Australia, and the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.

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Auckland

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

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Buller District

Buller District is one of 53 districts of New Zealand, and is within the West Coast Region.

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Buller Gorge

The Buller Gorge is a gorge located in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Buller High School

Buller High School is a secondary school in the town of Westport, New Zealand.

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Buller River

The Buller River is in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Cape Foulwind

Cape Foulwind is a prominent headland on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the Tasman Sea.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together.

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Charles Heaphy

Charles Heaphy VC (1820 – 3 August 1881) was an English-born New Zealand explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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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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Dolphin

Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals.

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Dredging

Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater, in harbours, shallow seas or freshwater areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments to deepen or widen the sea bottom / channel.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe is a temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere is a long (from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Accessed 2008-01-16.) temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes that shape it.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Greymouth

Greymouth (Māori: Māwhera) is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council.

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Hanmer Springs

Hanmer Springs is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Holcim

Holcim is a Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates company.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Iwi

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

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Jetboat

A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft.

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Karamea

Karamea is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Logging

Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.

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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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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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Nelson Province

The Nelson Province constituted in 1853 under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 and covered the entire upper South Island, including all of the present-day Buller, Kaikoura, Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman as well as the Grey District north of the Grey River and the Hurunui District north of the Hurunui River.

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New Zealand census

The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings (Te Tatauranga o ngā Tāngata Huri Noa i Aotearoa me ō rātou Whare Noho) is a national population and housing census conducted by government department Statistics New Zealand every five years.

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New Zealand State Highway 6

State Highway 6 is a major New Zealand state highway.

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Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō

Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the upper South Island of New Zealand.

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Oparara Basin Arches

The Oparara Basin Arches are a number of natural limestone tunnels formed by the Oparara River, in the Oparara Basin, New Zealand.

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Open-pit mining

Open-pit, open-cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Ports of Auckland

Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL), the successor to the Auckland Harbour Board, is the Auckland Council-owned company administering Auckland's commercial freight and cruise ship harbour facilities.

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Pounamu

Pounamu refers to several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite stone found in southern New Zealand.

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Rafting

Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi

The Royal Society Te Apārangi (in full, Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi) is an independent government body in New Zealand providing funding and policy advice in the fields of sciences and the humanities.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals.

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Seddonville

Seddonville is a lightly populated locality on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Seddonville Branch

The Seddonville Branch, later truncated as the Ngakawau Branch, is a branch line railway in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Sergeants Hill

Sergeants Hill is a lightly populated locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island.

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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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Sounds Air

Sounds Air is a New Zealand airline based at Picton.

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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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Stillwater–Westport Line

The Stillwater Ngakawau Line (SNL), formerly the Stillwater–Westport Line (SWL) and the Ngakawau Branch, is a secondary main line, part of New Zealand's national rail network.

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Stockton, New Zealand

Stockton is a former settlement in the northwestern South Island of New Zealand in the West Coast region.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea (Māori: Te Tai-o-Rehua) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and 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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Thomas Brunner

Thomas Brunner (April 1821 – 22 April 1874) was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Tourism New Zealand

Tourism New Zealand is the marketing agency responsible for promoting New Zealand as a tourism destination internationally.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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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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Westport Airport (New Zealand)

Westport Airport is an airport in Kawatiri, Westport, New Zealand.

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Westport News

The Westport News is an independently owned newspaper published in Westport, New Zealand.

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Westport, County Mayo

Westport (historically anglicised as Cahernamart) is a town in County Mayo in Ireland.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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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 Fox (politician)

Sir William Fox (2 September 1812 – 23 June 1893) was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony.

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St Canice's School, Westport, Te Taha o Te Awa, Westport North School, Westport South School.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_New_Zealand

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