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Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands Ngā Motu Karaka Tasman Bay, on Manawatāwhi / Great Island Map of the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands Location of the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands in New Zealand Geography Coordinates 34°09′14″S 172°8′24″E / 34.15389°S 172.14000°E / -34.15389; 172.14000 Total islands 13 Area 6.85 km 2 (2.64 ...
Te Tātua a Riukiuta / Big King is a volcano and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in Three Kings, New Zealand that erupted 28,500 years ago. [1] The volcano had three prominent peaks known as Three Kings and a number of smaller peaks until most of them were quarried away, leaving a sole remaining large peak known as Big King.
The Three Kings Islands expedition was a research expedition organised by the entomological section of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) to research into the fauna and flora of the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands. [1] [2] [3] The expedition took place in November 1970. [4]
The Three Kings Ridge, sometimes known as Three Kings Rise and more rarely at its southern end as the Three Kings Bank is a deep sea westward facing volcanic arc of Zealandia continental crust extending from 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand on a line bisecting New Caledonia and Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean.
Tecomanthe speciosa (also known as the Three Kings vine or akapukaea) is a species of subtropical forest lianes. A single specimen was first discovered on Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, 55 km (34 mi) off the northern tip of New Zealand, during a scientific survey in 1945. [2] No other specimens have ever been found in the wild.
Seated: Baldwin , King George V, King . After the war New Zealand signed the Treaty of Versailles (1919), joined the League of Nations and pursued an independent foreign policy, while its defence was still controlled by Britain. New Zealand depended on Britain's Royal Navy for its military security during the 1920s and 1930s.
The islands importantly help the conservation and recovery of the species that are threatened on the mainland. Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands is pictured. [16] Waitangi Treaty Grounds historic precinct: Northland: 2007 i, ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The site comprises buildings related to the history of New Zealand.
Te Pahi (Tippahee in traditional orthography; died 1810) was a Māori tribal leader and traveller from New Zealand. He was from the Ngāpuhi iwi and lived in the Rangihoua Bay area of the Bay of Islands. [1] In 1805, Te Pahi decided to seek out Lieutenant Governor Philip Gidley King who, ten years earlier, had visited New Zealand from Norfolk ...