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. The...
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(450 sq mi). It includes two large deep-water harbours — Lyttelton Harbour and Akaroa Harbour — and many smaller bays and coves. The South Island's largest city...
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Akaroa Harbour settlements 2km 1.2miles Ōnuku (The Kaik) Wainui Tikao Bay French Farm Barrys Bay Ōnawe Peninsula Duvauchelle Robinsons Bay / Kakakalau...
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Akaroa County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. The council first met in Akaroa court house on 4 January 1877. In 1880 new offices...
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Akaroa is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 13 kilometres...
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Akaroa was a Norwegian sailing ship that was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-19 in the English Channel, 70 miles west off the Casquets, Guernsey...
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SS Akaroa was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1914 in Ireland as Euripides for Aberdeen Line. When new, she was...
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The Akaroa Marine Reserve is a marine reserve covering an area of 512.15 hectares (1,265.6 acres) at the entrance to the Akaroa Harbour in New Zealand...
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German Bay, is a small town situated in Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. The main road to Akaroa (State Highway 75) passes through this...
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Banks Peninsula Volcano (section Akaroa Volcanic Group)
main eruptive centres one originating at Lyttelton Harbour, the other at Akaroa Harbour. The eruptions were predominantly basaltic, with associated andesite...
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Ōnuku (category Akaroa)
Ōnuku, also known as the Kaik, is a settlement and marae near Akaroa on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. It was the first of three places in the South Island...
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Peninsula remained under a state of emergency until 12 May due to a landslip in Akaroa. An area of low pressure developed in the Tasman Sea to the west of New...
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Runga akaroa is a species of Physoglenidae spider endemic to New Zealand. This species was described in 1990 by Ray Forster from male and female specimens...
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Null-point hypothesis has been quantitatively proven in Akaroa in New Zealand, It's Harbour(Akaroa Harbour). also in a multitude of other places including;...
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January 2011 – via TeAra.govt.nz. Foster, Bernard John (April 2009) [1966]. "Akaroa, French Settlement At". In McLintock, Alexander Hare (ed.). An Encyclopaedia...
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approximately 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east-northeast of the entrance to Akaroa Harbour in New Zealand. It is home to the largest penguin colony on Banks...
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Akaroa was a New Zealand electorate. It was located in Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, and named after the town of the same name. One of the original 24 electorates...
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(1805 – 6 December 1864) was a New Zealand politician. He represented the Akaroa electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1858, but resigned...
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The Akaroa by-election 1858 was a by-election held in the Akaroa electorate during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, on 31 May 1858. The by-election was...
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Comte de Paris (ship) (category Akaroa)
The Comte de Paris was a French sailing ship bound for Akaroa, New Zealand, in 1840. The purpose of the voyage was to develop a French colony in the South...
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Ōtūtereinga is a cliff at the northern end of Wainui, on the western side of Akaroa Harbour. Its name is also spelt Otutereinga and O Tu Te Reinga. "Ō" means...
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one of the earliest European cemeteries in New Zealand. The Wairewa and Akaroa Counties paid for a memorial to Hempelman that was placed on Peraki Beach...
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located on the Summit Road near Hilltop, the saddle between Little River and Akaroa, and is notable for a large tōtara tree that is perhaps 2000 years old....
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and later was a Mayor of Wellington. Moorhouse was elected to represent Akaroa in the 1st New Zealand Parliament. He was defeated in his bid for re-election...
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At the time of the announcement, the ship was bound for Akaroa and proceeded to anchor in Akaroa Harbour to allow for medical officials to test the guests...
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Duvauchelle Bay (Māori: Kaitouna) is a small town situated at the head of Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. State Highway 75 passes through...
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Frank Worsley (category People from Akaroa)
also served in the Royal Navy Reserve during the First World War. Born in Akaroa, New Zealand, Worsley joined the New Zealand Shipping Company in 1888. He...
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J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ahaura Ahipara Ahititi Ahuroa Aka Aka Akaroa Ākitio Albert Town Albury Alexandra* Allanton Amberley* Anakiwa Arahiwi...
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Ōnawe Peninsula (category Akaroa)
The Ōnawe Peninsula is a volcanic plug inside Akaroa Harbour, on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is the site of a former pā (a fortified...
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e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1917 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: Akaroa 2 Sep: SM U-28 3 Sep: Dundee 5 Sep: SM U-88 6 Sep: Alesia 7 Sep: Minnehaha...
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