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  2. Southland Region - Wikipedia

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    Southland (Māori: Murihiku, lit. 'the last joint of the tail') is New Zealand's southernmost region. It consists of the southwestern portion of the South Island and includes Stewart Island. Southland is bordered by the culturally similar Otago Region to the north and east, and the West Coast Region in the extreme northwest. The region covers ...

  3. Stewart Island - Wikipedia

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    There is a Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board to serve as the link between the community and the District Council. At the Southland Regional Council, it is part of the Invercargill-Rakiura ward. Stewart Island shares with some other islands a certain relaxation in some of the rules governing commercial activities.

  4. Oban, New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago.Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet.

  5. Southland District - Wikipedia

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    Ruapuke Island; The seat of the district council is Invercargill, which, however, is not part of Southland District, but a territorial authority in its own right. Two of New Zealand's largest national parks are within the boundaries of Southland District: Fiordland National Park, and Rakiura National Park (which covers most of Stewart Island ...

  6. List of shipwrecks of Southland - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Island, southeast Stewart Island 22.90 gross tons, 9.12 register tons, fishing vessel nil [1] [168] Iona: Ernest Islands, west Stewart Island 12.5 m fishing vessel nil [1] [169] Harbinger: 1978 Halfmoon Bay 11.5 m fishing vessel nil [1] [169] Kowhai: Broad Head, south Stewart Island 25.35 gross tons, 6.97 register tons, wooden fishing ...

  7. Category:Stewart Island - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles relating to Stewart Island, New Zealand's third largest island by area, which is located in the Southland Region Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

  8. Rakiura National Park - Wikipedia

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    Rakiura National Park covers close to 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi), [3] which is about 85% of Stewart Island / Rakiura, New Zealand's third-largest island. The park area excludes the township area around Halfmoon Bay and some roads as well as private or Māori-owned land further inland. [1]

  9. Leask Bay - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, the skull of the first recorded Shepherd's beaked whale was stored at Leask Bay, before being taken to Southland Museum. [5] In a 1953 publication, it was noted that Leask Bay was an outlier on Stewart Island as it hosted exotic trees when the rest of the Island has only native trees. [6] In the 1980s, an oil seep was discovered in ...

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