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  2. Māhia Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    In Maori legend, Whatonga, who came to New Zealand in search of his grandfather Toi, settled at Mahia. The peninsula is the tribal area of the Ngāti Rongomaiwahine iwi. [10] The word māhia means "indistinct sound" or "scrofulous swelling". [11] The name "Te Māhia" comes from "Te Māhia-mai-tawhiti" (the sound heard from a distance).

  3. Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 - Wikipedia

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    Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 (also known as Mahia Launch Complex or Spaceport) is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.

  4. Ngāti Rongomaiwahine - Wikipedia

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    Ngāti Rongomaiwahine or Rongomaiwahine is a Māori iwi (tribe) traditionally centred in the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. [2] In the 2006 census, 4,254 people identified as Rongomaiwahine; [3] by the 2013 census, this has increased to 4,473 people. [1] It is closely connected to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. [4] [5]

  5. Portland Island (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Portland Island, also called Waikawa, [1] [2] [3] is a small island off the southern tip of the Māhia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. It is used for sheep farming. The area of the island fluctuates rapidly between high and low tides due to a shelf of rocks surrounding the east, north and west coast of the island.

  6. Hawke's Bay - Wikipedia

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    Lake Waikaremoana, situated in northern Hawke's Bay, roughly 35 km from the coast, is the largest lake in Hawke's Bay, the fourth largest in the North Island and the 16th largest in New Zealand. The region has a hill with the longest place name in New Zealand, and the longest in the world according to the 2009 Guinness Book of Records.

  7. Wairoa District - Wikipedia

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    Wairoa District is a territorial authority district within the Hawke's Bay Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The Wairoa District Council is headquartered in the largest town, Wairoa. The district covers the northern half of the Hawke's Bay coast, extending from Māhia Peninsula to Lake Waikaremoana, and south to the mouth of the ...

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