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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 ...
Three Kings (Māori: Terī Kingī) [3] is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand that is built around the Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta volcano. It is home to an ethnically diverse population of about 3,500 people. Three Kings is located six kilometres south of the city centre, between the suburbs of Royal Oak and Mount Roskill.
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 following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area. [Note 2] River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km 2 (9.9 sq mi)), [8] Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal ...
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.
The monarchy of New Zealand [n 1] is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. [3] The current monarch is King Charles III, who has reigned since 8 September 2022. [4] The Treaty of Waitangi between Queen Victoria and Māori chiefs was signed on 6 February 1840.
Three Kings, New Zealand is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand; A common name for Te Tātua a Riukiuta, a volcano in Auckland, New Zealand; Three Kings Islands, islands located off the coast of the Northland Region, New Zealand; Three Wise Men (volcanoes), a series of three small seamounts in the Pacific Ocean