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Akaroa
Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name.
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Alpine tundra
Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high altitude.
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Amberley, New Zealand
Amberley is a town located in the Hurunui District in north Canterbury, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Amy Adams (politician)
Amy Juliet Adams (née Milnes; born 19 May 1971) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and was Minister of Justice.
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Andrew Falloon
Andrew Hamilton Falloon is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.
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Anglo-Irish people
Anglo-Irish is a term which was more commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a social class in Ireland, whose members are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy.
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Aoraki (New Zealand electorate)
Aoraki was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that existed for four parliamentary terms from 1996 to 2008.
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Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton or Hakatere (Māori) is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Banks Peninsula
Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Benjamin Mountfort
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (13 March 1825 – 15 March 1898) was an English emigrant to New Zealand, where he became one of that country's most prominent 19th-century architects.
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Blenheim, New Zealand
Blenheim (Waiharakeke) is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Burnham, New Zealand
Burnham, also known as Burnham Camp, is the largest army base in New Zealand's South Island.
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Canterbury A&P Show
The Canterbury A&P Show is hosted by the Canterbury A&P Association.
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Canterbury Association
The Canterbury Association was formed in order to establish a colony in what is now the Canterbury Region in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Canterbury cricket team
Canterbury is a New Zealand first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Canterbury mudfish
The Canterbury mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius), also known as the kowaro, is found only on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand.
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Canterbury Province
The Canterbury Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
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Canterbury Rams
The Canterbury Rams are a New Zealand basketball team based in Christchurch.
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Canterbury Regional Council
Canterbury Regional Council is the regional council for Canterbury, the largest region in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (also referred to as "Canterbury" or "CRFU") is the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.
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Canterbury United FC
Canterbury United FC is an association football club from Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Canterbury Water Management Strategy
The Canterbury Water Management Strategy is being developed in Canterbury, New Zealand to address water related issues in the region.
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Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands
The Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands are an ecoregion of South Island, New Zealand.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Central Plains Water
Central Plains Water, or, more fully, the Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme, is a large-scale proposal for water diversion, damming, reticulation and irrigation for the Central Plains of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine.
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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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Christchurch Central
Christchurch Central is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the South Island city of Christchurch.
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Christchurch City Council
The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand.
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Christchurch East
Christchurch East, originally called Christchurch City East, is a current New Zealand parliamentary electorate.
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Christchurch International Airport
Christchurch International Airport is the main airport that serves Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.
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Clarence River (New Zealand)
The Waiau Toa / Clarence River is on northeast South Island of New Zealand.
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Colin King
Colin McDonald King (born 19 December 1949) is a New Zealand politician who first entered Parliament in.
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Conway River (New Zealand)
The Conway River is part of the traditional boundary between the Canterbury and Marlborough regions in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Crusaders (rugby union)
The Crusaders (formerly the Canterbury Crusaders and officially the BNZ Crusaders due to sponsorship by the Bank of New Zealand) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Christchurch, who compete in the Super Rugby competition.
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Darfield, New Zealand
Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Duncan Webb
Dr Duncan Alexander Webb (born 1967) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
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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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Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)
Dunedin North (known as North Dunedin between 1946 and 1963) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Dunedin South
Dunedin South is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate.
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 1796 – 16 May 1862) is considered a key figure in the early colonisation of South Australia and New Zealand.
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Geraldine, New Zealand
Geraldine or Heratini (Māori) is a town in the Canterbury Region on the South Island of New Zealand.
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Gerry Brownlee
Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 4 February 1956) is a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
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Gewürztraminer
Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and performs best in cooler climates.
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Gorse in New Zealand
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) was introduced to New Zealand in the early stages of European settlement.
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Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.
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Harewood, New Zealand
Harewood is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Horticulture
Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).
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Hurunui District
Hurunui District is a political district on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, north of Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.
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Ilam (New Zealand electorate)
Ilam is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate.
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Invasive species
An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.
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Invercargill
Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world.
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Jacqui Dean
Jacqueline Isobel "Jacqui" Dean (born 13 May 1957 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Waitaki electorate, where she represents the National Party.
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Jo Goodhew
Joanne Gay Goodhew (born 1961) is a New Zealand politician.
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John Robert Godley
John Robert Godley (29 May 1814 – 17 November 1861) was an Irish statesman and bureaucrat.
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June 2011 Christchurch earthquake
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.3 ML earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC).
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Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)
Kaikōura (or Kaikoura before 2008) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning a single MP to the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Kaikoura
Kaikoura ("Kaikōura", from "Te Ahi Kaikōura a Tama ki te Rangi") is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Kurow
Kurow is a small town in the Waitaki District, New Zealand.
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Leeston
Leeston is a town on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Lincoln University (New Zealand)
Lincoln University (Māori: Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury.
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Lincoln, New Zealand
Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.
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Lophozonia macrocarpa
Lophozonia macrocarpa (roble de Santiago, Santiago's oak) is a deciduous tree or shrub in the Nothofagaceae family that is endemic to the mountains of central Chile.
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Lupinus
Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine (North America), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.
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Lyttelton Harbour
Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō is one of two major inlets in Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other is Akaroa Harbour.
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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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Mackenzie District
Mackenzie District is a local government district in New Zealand's South Island administered by the Mackenzie District Council.
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Mainland Tactix
The Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury who compete in the ANZ Premiership.
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Marlborough Region
The Marlborough Region, commonly known simply as Marlborough, is one of the regions of New Zealand, located in the northeast of the South Island.
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Matthew Doocey
Matthew Maurice Doocey (born 1972) 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.
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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 people
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
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Megan Woods
Megan Cherie Woods (born 4 November 1973) is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Wigram electorate of the New Zealand Parliament.
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Methven, New Zealand
Methven (Piwakawaka) is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Mid Canterbury
Mid Canterbury (also spelt Mid-Canterbury and mid-Canterbury) is a traditional, semi-official subregion of New Zealand's Canterbury Region extending inland from the Pacific coast to the Southern Alps.
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Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The Mid Canterbury Rugby Football Union (MCRFU) is a rugby province in the South Island 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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Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council
The Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was one of 13 regional councils established through the passing of the Local Government Act 1987.
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New Munster Province
New Munster was an early original European name for the South Island of New Zealand, given by the Governor of New Zealand, Captain William Hobson, in honour of Munster, the Irish province in which he was born.
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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 Constitution Act 1852
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted self-government to the Colony of New Zealand.
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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 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 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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North Otago
The district of North Otago in New Zealand covers the area of Otago between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre for astronomy and for gliding).
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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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Oxford, New Zealand
Oxford is a small town of around 2,100 people serving the farming community of North Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Picton, New Zealand
Picton (Waitohi) is a town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
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Pinot blanc
Pinot blanc is a white wine grape.
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Pinot gris
Pinot gris, pinot grigio or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.
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Pinot noir
Pinot noir is a red wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.
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Pleasant Point, New Zealand
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8.
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Plunket Shield
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season.
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Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.
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Port Hills (New Zealand electorate)
Port Hills is a parliamentary electorate of New Zealand created for the 2008 general election.
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Poto Williams
Munokoa Poto Williams (born 7 January 1962) is a member of Parliament for the New Zealand Labour Party since the 2013 Christchurch East by-election.
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Rakaia
Rakaia is a town seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line.
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Rakaia (New Zealand electorate)
Rakaia was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region from 1972 to 1978 and 1993 to 2008.
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Rakaia River
The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island.
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Rangiora
Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Rangitata (New Zealand electorate)
Rangitata is an electorate in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Rangitata River
The Rangitata River is one of the braided rivers that helped form the Canterbury Plains in southern New Zealand.
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Regions of New Zealand
New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.
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Richard Pearse Airport
Richard Pearse Airport, also known as Timaru Airport, is located off the Pleasant Point HWY, 4 km north of the suburb Washdyke in Timaru, New Zealand.
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Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region.
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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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Rohan (Middle-earth)
Rohan (from Sindarin Rochand) is a kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy setting of Middle-earth.
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Rolleston, New Zealand
Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
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Ruth Dyson
Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a New Zealand politician.
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Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France.
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Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)
Selwyn is a current electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives, composed of towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city.
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Selwyn District
Selwyn District is a predominantly rural area in central Canterbury, on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.
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South Canterbury
South Canterbury is the name given semi-formally to the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south.
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South Canterbury Rugby Football Union
The South Canterbury Rugby Football Union (SCRFU) is a rugby province based in the central South Island city of Timaru, New Zealand.
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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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State-integrated school
In New Zealand, a state-integrated school is a former private school which has integrated into the state education system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, becoming a state school while retaining its special character.
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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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Stuart Smith (politician)
Stuart Tayler Smith 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.
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Super Rugby
Super Rugby is a professional men's rugby union football competition in the Southern Hemisphere and Japan.
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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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Temuka
Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch.
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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 Lord of the Rings (film series)
The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson.
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Timaru
Timaru (Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island.
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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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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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Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.
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University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation Cantuar. or Cant. for Cantuariensis, the Latin name for Canterbury) is New Zealand's second oldest university.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.
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Viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) is the science, production, and study of grapes.
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Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)
Waimakariri is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, formed for the and returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Waimakariri District
Waimakariri District is a local government district, located in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
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Waimate
Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Waimate District
Waimate District is a territorial authority located in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Waipara
Waipara is a small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand, on the banks of the Waipara River.
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Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)
2014 Waitaki is an electorate for the New Zealand House of Representatives that crosses the boundary of North Otago and South Canterbury towns on the East Coast of the South Island.
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Waitaki District
Waitaki District is a territorial authority that is located in the Canterbury and Otago regions of New Zealand, and it straddles the traditional border between the two regions, the Waitaki River.
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Waitaki River
The Waitaki River is a large braided river that drains the Mackenzie Basin and runs some south-east to enter the Pacific Ocean between Timaru and Oamaru on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Water pollution in Canterbury, New Zealand
Water pollution in Canterbury in New Zealand has become a notable environmental issue due in a large part to the burgeoning dairy industry.
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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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Wellington International Airport
Wellington International Airport (formerly known as Rongotai Airport) is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
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White wine
White wine is a wine whose colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold.
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Wigram (New Zealand electorate)
2014 Wigram is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives.
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Woodend, New Zealand
Woodend is a town in the Waimakariri District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand.
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1989 local government reforms
The 1989 local government reform was the most significant reform of local government in New Zealand in over a century.
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2010 Canterbury earthquake
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at on, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
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2011 Christchurch earthquake
A earthquake occurred in Christchurch on at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC).
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2016 Kaikoura earthquake
The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 (Mw) earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT (11:02 on 13 November UTC).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury,_New_Zealand
