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    Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the...
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    The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa...
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    Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand....
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  • Radio Waitomo 1ZW was a radio station that broadcast on 1170AM in Te Kūiti, New Zealand. The station was started on 15 March 1985 by the Radio New Zealand...
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    Kūiti is approximately 80 km south of Hamilton and 19 km south-east of Waitomo. The area around Te Kūiti, commonly known as the King Country, gives its...
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    The Big Apple is a large statue of an apple in Waitomo, New Zealand. It is 7.5 metres (25 ft) tall, and located between Ōtorohanga and Te Kūiti on State...
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    Moth in the New Zealand aerial topdressing market by Luigi Pellarini for Waitomo Aircraft. The prototype was constructed using bits of war surplus ex-RNZAF...
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  • The Waitomo Caves Discovery Centre is a museum located in the town of Waitomo in the North Island of New Zealand. The museum is also referred to as the...
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    Waitomo Caves Hotel (originally called Waitomo House and later Government Hostel at Waitomo) is a historic hotel built in 1908 that is located in Waitomo...
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  • The Waitomo frog (Leiopelma waitomoensis) is an extinct species of the genus Leiopelma from New Zealand. The Waitomo frog's distribution was solely in...
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  • mayor in 2019. "Your Council". waitomo.govt.nz. Waitomo District Council. "Elected members". waitomo.govt.nz. Waitomo District Council. Gardner, Chris...
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  • Waitomo Group is a New Zealand fuel retailing and distribution company. It is based in Hamilton and has 70 petrol stations around the country including...
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  • Waitomo was a parliamentary electorate in the Waikato region and the King Country of New Zealand, from 1919 to 1972. The electorate was represented by...
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  • "Hamilton Lake"), Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand Lake Rotoroa (Waitomo), Waitomo District, Waikato, New Zealand Long Lake (disambiguation) Lake Rotorua...
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    Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members...
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    for tourists wanting to see the glowworms. These include the caves in Waitomo, Waipu, Inglewood and Te Ana-au, and also in areas of native vegetation...
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  • Waitomo District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waitomo) is the territorial authority for the Waitomo District of New Zealand. The council is led...
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    Bay of Plenty: 14.31%; Hawke's Bay: 11.26%; Manawatū-Whanganui: 0.69%) Waitomo District (Waikato: 94.87%; Manawatū-Whanganui: 5.13%) Gisborne District...
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    Exploration and study of caves The society also maintains the library at the Waitomo Caves Museum. Caving in New Zealand Pearson, Anna. "Caving in New Zealand"...
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  • folklore's tell of man-eating snake-like creatures. He treks into the Waitomo Caves and Lake Manapouri and discovers just how savage and dangerous these...
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  • Stones" at the harbor's entrance. The showrunners intended to film in the Waitomo Caves for scenes set in Khazad-dûm, but this proved to be impractical....
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    Published by Waitomo Caves Museum Society. 60 pages (ISBN 0-908683-09-X) [The book can be obtained from: Waitomo Caves Museum, P.O.Box 12, Waitomo Caves, New...
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    waitomoensis, known as the Waitomo cave weta, is a large species of cave weta (New Zealand cave cricket, tokoriro), native to the Waitomo district of New Zealand...
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    Country In Recess 1932–1938 Closed 2018 Wellington 13 Wellington Closed 1968 Waitomo 14 1928 Te Kuiti, King Country Closed 1969 Toheroa 15 1931 Dargaville,...
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    Maunga) Mount Tarawera Whakaari / White Island North Island Volcanic Plateau Waitomo Caves Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku...
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    it was not removed until October 2016. Robertson contested and won the Waitomo district mayoralty in the 2019 local elections, defeating incumbent Brian...
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    (2004). The New Zealand Cave Atlas, Volume 2 South Island (2004 ed.). Waitomo, N.Z: New Zealand Speleological Society. OCLC 156787349. Wikimedia Commons...
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  • including: Rangitoto lava caves Wiri Lava Cave Waitomo district: Aranui Cave Gardner's Gut Ruakuri Cave Waitomo Cave Broken River Cave Cathedral Caves Cave...
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    especially in the limestone/marble areas of northwest Nelson, Karamea, Waitomo, and Te Anau. Moa bones and eggshell fragments sometimes occur in active...
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  • short-lived cop drama TV series on CBS The Big Apple (Waitomo), a tourist attraction in Waitomo, New Zealand Iso Omena (literally "Big Apple"), a shopping...
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