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Errol Clince (16 February 1953 – 8 September 2014) was a New Zealand professional hunter and self-taught engineer. He is most well known for his discovery of the wreckage of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Oxford, ending a 32-year New Zealand aviation mystery. [1] Clince was born in 1953 in Eltham, Taranaki.
1. On 23 January 2024, Northwestern Air Flight 738, a British Aerospace Jetstream, was chartered by the Rio Tinto Groupto carry mine workers from Fort Smithto the Diavik Diamond Mine, located around 300 km (190 mi) northeast of Yellowknife. [1][2]The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, 1,200 m (3,900 ft) from the runway near Fort Smith ...
Stratford(Māori: Whakaahurangi) is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranakiregion, in New Zealand's North Island. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, approximately halfway between New Plymouthand Hāwera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki Region. The town has a population of 6,320, making it ...
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A map showing population density in the Taranaki Region at the 2006 census. Taranaki is on the west coast of the North Island, surrounding the volcanic peak of Mount Taranaki. The region covers an area of 7258 km 2. Its large bays north-west and south-west of Cape Egmont are North Taranaki Bight and South Taranaki Bight.
Tangahoe is listed 5th in Taranaki for modification, with 2.27 km (1.41 mi) of consented stream modification in its catchment. [14] Fonterra's Whareroa dairy has a consent to draw 30,000,000 L (6,600,000 imp gal) of water a day from the Tangahoe's tributary, the Tawhiti Stream, [ 15 ] where flows, temperature, etc. are recorded at both Tawhiti ...
White shading is selected caldera features. Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga, also known as Mount Egmont) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. [ 5 ][ 6 ] At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu.
Trustpower. The Motukawa Power Station is a hydroelectric power facility in Taranaki in New Zealand which makes use of water from the Manganui River. Water is drawn from behind a weir on the Manganui River near Tariki and diverts this water through a race to Lake Ratapiko and then through penstocks to the Motukawa Power Station.