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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 ...
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]
Name Coordinates Location Territorial authority area Region Type Opened Adam Art Gallery [1] [2: Kelburn [1]: Wellington: Wellington: Art gallery [1]: 1947 [1]: Air Force Museum of New Zealand [3] [4
Pennantia baylisiana holotype collected by Baylis in 1945, held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Pennantia baylisiana was discovered by New Zealand botanist Geoff Baylis in 1945 when he visited Great Island, the largest of the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, on a botanical expedition.
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.
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.
Endemism and Isolation in the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand—With Notes on Pollen and Spore Types of the Endemics ... John Alexander Smith and the Early History ...
In 1874, he was appointed Secretary of the Auckland Institute and Curator of the Auckland Museum, which had only recently been founded. For the first three decades, Cheeseman was the only staff member who worked at the museum, other than the museum's janitor. [3] Under his curatorship, the museum's collections were formed.