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Hamilton, city, New Zealand
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, city, N central North Island, New Zealand, on the Waikato River. Situated between Auckland and Wellington, Hamilton is the…Rai'atea
(Encyclopedia) Rai'ateaRai'atearäˌyätāˈä [key], volcanic island, 92 sq mi (238 sq km), South Pacific, largest and most important of the Leeward group of the Society Islands, French Polynesia. The…Auckland Islands
(Encyclopedia) Auckland Islands, small uninhabited group (234 sq mi/606 sq km), S Pacific, c.300 mi (480 km) S of Stewart Island, New Zealand, to which they belong. There is a nature preserve for…Nelson, city, New Zealand
(Encyclopedia) Nelson, city (1996 pop. 40,242), N South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Tasman Bay. It is a center of fruit production, with other light industries. The Cawthron Institute for…Samoa, island chain, SW Pacific Ocean
(Encyclopedia) Samoa, chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and E of long. 171° W, the islands of American Samoa, under…Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival
(Encyclopedia) Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber and explorer. He went on many mountain-climbing expeditions before 1953, when he and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were…Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César
(Encyclopedia) Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien CésarDumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien Césarzhül sābästyăNˈ sāzärˈ dümôNˈ dürvēlˈ [key], 1790–1842, French navigator. While on duty (1819–20) in the E…tuatara
(Encyclopedia) tuataratuatarat&oomacr;ˌətärˈə [key] or tuateratuatara–tāˈrə [key], lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, last survivor of the reptilian order Rhynchocephalia, which flourished…Rotorua
(Encyclopedia) RotoruaRotoruarōtər&oomacr;ˈə [key], city (1996 pop. 52,953), central North Island, New Zealand. It is a popular tourist area with nearby lakes and hot springs. The area is also…Invercargill
(Encyclopedia) Invercargill Invercargill ĭnvərkärˈgĭl [key], city, extreme S South Island, New Zealand, on the…Trending
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