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    Te Anau is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. In Māori, Te-Anau means the Place of the Swirling Waters. It is on the eastern...
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    Lake Te Anau (Māori: Te Ana-au) is in the southwestern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The lake covers an area of 344 km2 (133 sq mi), making...
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  • Te Anau Airport, Manapouri (IATA: TEU, ICAO: NZMO) serves the towns of Te Anau and Manapouri. It is not to be confused with the former and now closed Te...
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    The Te Ana-au caves are a culturally and ecologically important system of limestone caves on the western shore of Lake Te Anau, in the southwest of New...
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    Lumsden and Te Anau as well going through the Homer Tunnel (in this area it is also called the 'Milford Road', with the section from Te Anau up to the Sound...
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    for trampers, following the opening up of the Milford Track from Lake Te Anau to Milford Sound in 1889 by New Zealand explorers Quintin McKinnon and...
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    Lake Te Anau) Channel Islands (in Lake Manapouri) Cumbrae Island (in Lake Te Anau) Dome Islands (in Lake Te Anau) Doubtful Island (in Lake Te Anau) Centre...
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    landscape of the South Island of New Zealand and is situated near the town of Te Anau. The track passes through many landscapes of the Fiordland National Park...
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    Lake Te Anau in the Murchison Mountains, on 20 November 1948. The expedition started when footprints of an unknown bird were found near Lake Te Anau. Two...
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    The 53.5 km (33.2 mi) hike starts at Glade Wharf at the head of Lake Te Anau and finishes in Milford Sound at Sandfly Point, traversing rainforests...
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    Tākitimu was wrecked at Te Waewae Bay, the crew decided to walk overland to the north of the South Island. While stopping at Te Anau, Tamatea decided to dig...
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    called it by the name of one of the Mavora Lakes, which lie between Lake Te Anau and Lake Wakatipu. The original name of the lake is believed to have been...
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    New Zealand to prevent the raising of the levels of lakes Manapouri and Te Anau as part of the construction of the Manapouri Power Project. The original...
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    from near Lake Wakatipu to Te Anau Downs. All would reduce the current round-trip duration (which has to travel via Te Anau), thus allowing tourism to...
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  • Te Anau Aerodrome was established in the 1940s, located beside State Highway 95 just south of the lakeside town. A compacted grass strip of approximately...
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  • America — 1: Atitlán, 2: Chicabal Oceania — 1: Hauroko, 2: Manapouri, 3: Te Anau Australia — 1: St Clair South America — 1: Viedma, 2: O'Higgins/San Martín...
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    South Island (redirect from Te Waipounamu)
    Sound / Piopiotahi. Freshwater: Queenstown and Kingston (Lake Wakatipu), Te Anau and Manapouri (Lake Manapouri) The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km2...
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    a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to Queenstown via Mount Cook and onto Te Anau-Manapouri. Ansett New Zealand introduced the first jet aircraft flights...
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  • chimneys in Te Anau to Manapouri being cracked or broken. The earthquake also caused some concrete to crack in the control structure of Lake Te Anau, and collapses...
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    east of Milford Sound, and it flows generally south before entering Lake Te Anau along the lake's eastern shore opposite the entrance to North Fiord. For...
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    Purchase. 1987 – Purchase of Ace Stores in Te Anau, the store was remodelled and rebranded as H & J Smith Te Anau. The remodelled store included a time and...
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    Electric Company during their November 1903 inspection of Lakes Manapōuri and Te Anau. Each of the 1904 reports by Hay and Hancock noted the hydraulic potential...
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    Route is a tourist highway in New Zealand linking Queenstown, Fiordland, Te Anau and the iconic Milford Road to Dunedin via, Riverton, Invercargill and...
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    Centre Island is a small island in Lake Te Anau in the Southland Region of New Zealand. About 600 m long by 300 m wide, it has been identified as an Important...
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    Waiau River (Southland) (category Te Anau)
    translates to 'River of Swirling Currents'. It is the outflow of Lake Te Anau, flowing from it into Lake Manapouri 10 kilometres (6 mi) to the south...
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    services are based in the town. Manapouri township is a 20-minute drive from Te Anau via State Highway 95 The town is the gateway to both Doubtful Sound and...
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  • The Guardians of Lake Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau is a statutory body appointed to make recommendations to the New Zealand Minister of Conservation...
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    (formed behind a similar but smaller dam at Roxburgh). Other lakes, such as Te Anau and Manapouri, feed the system of the Waiau River. The northern group of...
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    of the island, moved westwards by 30 cm (12 in) towards to Australia; Te Anau moved 10 cm (3.9 in) closer; Bluff, 3 cm (1.2 in), and Dunedin, 1 cm (0...
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  • began on 6 November 1961 between Christchurch, Mount Cook, Cromwell and Te Anau with a 26-seater Douglas DC-3. At this stage Queenstown was not certified...
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