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Mākara Beach, [3] previously spelled Makara Beach, is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, consisting of a small seaside village and its surrounding countryside. The Wellington City Council regards it as a separate suburb to Mākara .
The potential of Makara as a possible recreational landscape for Wellington city was recognised from the early 1970s. [14] There is a small boat access at the north end of Mākara Beach into the river. [15] There is a two-hour walk from Mākara to Boom Rock if the Mākara Stream is crossed. [16]
The site was never used for overseas telephone links, which (before the advent of undersea cables and satellites) were provided by two New Zealand Post Office radio stations, Makara Radio (receiving) west of Wellington and Himatangi radio station (transmitting) near Himatangi Beach. Only a limited number of voice circuits were available, and ...
Meridian Energy completed the 62 turbine Project West Wind in 2009 in Mākara [3] over the combined project area of Terawhiti Station and Makara Farm. The energy produced by Project West Wind has a capacity of 143 MW [4] – enough power for all the houses in Wellington City, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua.
The Makara Guardians Inc. is an incorporated society formed in 1997 to coordinate opposition to proposals to build wind turbines near where the members live. Mākara is a rural locality 10 km west of Wellington, New Zealand. The Makara Guardians represents some 85% of the families in the Mākara Valley, and consists of around 160 members ...
If you've had some cold weather recently, today's look back at history should make you shiver a little less. From Feb. 2-4, 1996, 29 years ago, a frigid arctic outbreak gripped the upper Midwest.
Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park opened in 1998. [1] [2] In 1998 the Wellington City Council set aside 200 hectares of retired farmland in Karori southwest of Wellington, New Zealand, for a mountain bike park. Development of it began almost immediately with volunteer work parties planting trees, removing pest animals and digging new tracks.
The Madagascar heron, also known as Humblot’s heron, is a species of heron endemic to the north and west coasts of Madagascar. It is also natively present in the Comoro Islands and Mayotte. Due ...