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  2. Humphead wrasse - Wikipedia

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    The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also known as the Māori wrasse , Napoleon wrasse , Napoleon fish , so mei 蘇眉 (Cantonese), mameng (Filipino), and merer in the Pohnpeian language of the Caroline Islands .

  3. Whitsunday Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, 900 kilometres (560 miles) north of Brisbane. [ 1 ] The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are off the coast by Proserpine. The island group is centred on Whitsunday ...

  4. Te Kooti's War - Wikipedia

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    Te Kooti's War was among the last of the New Zealand Wars, the series of 19th-century conflicts in New Zealand between the Māori and the colonising European settlers. It was fought in the East Coast region and across the heavily forested central North Island and Bay of Plenty from 1868 to 1872, between government military forces and followers of spiritual leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki.

  5. Boyd massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Blowing Up of the Boyd by Louis John Steele, 1889. The Boyd massacre occurred in December 1809 when Māori of Ngāti Pou from Whangaroa Harbour in northern New Zealand killed and ate between 66 and 70 European crew members from the British brigantine ship Boyd. [1] This was the highest number of Europeans killed by Māori in a single event ...

  6. Banks Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Banks Peninsula. Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres (450 sq mi) [1] and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves. The South Island's largest city, Christchurch, is immediately north of the peninsula.

  7. Te Waewae Bay - Wikipedia

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    Te Waewae Bay is the westernmost of three large bays lying on the Foveaux Strait coast of Southland, New Zealand, the others being Oreti Beach and Toetoes Bay. Twenty-seven kilometres in length, the western end of the bay is mountainous, with the southern terminus of the Southern Alps and Fiordland National Park .

  8. Airlie Beach, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Airlie Beach is a coastal locality and resort town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Airlie Beach had a population of 1,312 people. [ 1 ]

  9. Bay of Islands - Wikipedia

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    The bay is known in Māori as Tokerau, a name given by early Māori ancestors referencing a place in the Māori homeland. [1] The wider Bay of Islands area, including the plain surrounding Waimate North, is traditionally known as Taimai, a name shortened from the Ngāpuhi whakataukī (proverb) Ka kata ngā pūriri ō Taiamai ("the pūriri trees are laughing with joy"), a phrase used to express ...