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51 relations: Akaroa, Akaroa Harbour, Akaroa Marine Reserve, Alluvial fan, Banks Peninsula Track, Braided river, Christchurch, Comte de Paris (ship), Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Dolphin, Foehn wind, France, Godley Head, Hector's dolphin, Hinewai Reserve, HMS Endeavour, Indo-Australian Plate, James Busby, James Cook, Joseph Banks, Kāti Mamoe, List of French possessions and colonies, Loess, Lyttelton Harbour, Lyttelton, New Zealand, Mariculture, Māori people, Miocene, Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki, Musket, Mussel, Nature reserve, New Zealand, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa, Otago Harbour, Otago Peninsula, Pacific Plate, Pōhatu Marine Reserve, Peninsula, Port Hills, Ripapa Island, Shield volcano, South Island, Southern Alps, Te Rauparaha, Treaty of Waitangi, Waitaha (South Island iwi), Walnut, Whaling, ..., William Hobson. Expand index (1 more) »
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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Akaroa Harbour
Akaroa Harbour is part of Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.
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Akaroa Marine Reserve
The Akaroa Marine Reserve, an area of at the entrance to the Akaroa Harbour in New Zealand, was approved in 2013 after a lengthy campaign.
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Alluvial fan
An alluvial fan is a fan- or cone-shaped deposit of sediment crossed and built up by streams.
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Banks Peninsula Track
The Banks Track is a 30 kilometre tramping track on the Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand in the Canterbury region.
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Braided river
A braided river, or braided channel, consists of a network of river channels separated by small, and often temporary, islands called braid bars or, in British usage, aits or eyots.
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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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Comte de Paris (ship)
The Comte de Paris was a French sailing ship bound for Akaroa, New Zealand, in 1840.
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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
The Department of Conservation (DOC) (Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.
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Dolphin
Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals.
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Foehn wind
A föhn or foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Godley Head
Godley Head, known to Māori as Awaroa or Otokitoki for the wider area, and called Cachalot Head by early French explorers, is a prominent headland in Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour.
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Hector's dolphin
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is the best-known of the four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus and, along with its subspecies Maui's dolphin, is the only cetacean endemic to New Zealand.
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Hinewai Reserve
Hinewai Reserve is a private nature reserve on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand.
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HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Australia and New Zealand on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.
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Indo-Australian Plate
The Indo-Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Australia and surrounding ocean, and extends northwest to include the Indian subcontinent and adjacent waters.
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James Busby
James Busby (7 February 1802 – 15 July 1871) is widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry, as he brought the first collection of vine stock from Spain and France to Australia.
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James Cook
Captain James Cook (7 November 1728Old style date: 27 October14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.
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Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
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Kāti Mamoe
Ngāti Mamoe, or Kāti Mamoe, is a historic Māori iwi.
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List of French possessions and colonies
During the 19th and 20th centuries, the French colonial empire was the second largest colonial empire behind the British Empire; it extended over of land at its height in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Loess
Loess (from German Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
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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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Mariculture
Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater.
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Māori people
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
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Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki
Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Pātiki is, at, the highest peak on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.
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Musket
A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore long gun that appeared in early 16th century Europe, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating heavy armor.
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Mussel
Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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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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Ngāti Toa
Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the lower North Island and upper South Island of New Zealand.
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Otago Harbour
Otago Harbour is the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand, consisting of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating the Otago Peninsula from the mainland.
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Otago Peninsula
The Otago Peninsula is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
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Pōhatu Marine Reserve
Pōhatu Marine Reserve centered on Flea Bay and lies between Ounu-hau Point and Redcliffe Point on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.
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Peninsula
A peninsula (paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.
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Port Hills
The Port Hills are a range of hills in Canterbury, New Zealand, so named because they lie between the city of Christchurch and its port at Lyttelton.
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Ripapa Island
Ripapa Island, also known locally as Ripa Island, just off the shore of Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupo) has played many roles in the history of New Zealand.
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Shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.
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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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Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha (1760s – 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars.
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Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs (Rangatira) from the North Island of New Zealand.
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Waitaha (South Island iwi)
Waitaha is an early historical Māori iwi (tribe or nation).
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Walnut
A walnut is the nut of any tree of the genus Juglans (Family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia.
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Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales for scientific research and their usable products like meat, oil and blubber.
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William Hobson
Captain William Hobson RN (26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was a British naval officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks_Peninsula
