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2. Kaikōura Canyon - Wikipedia

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   The Kaikōura Canyon is partly within the Hikurangi Marine Reserve that was established off the Kaikōura coast in 2014. This marine reserve covers an area of 10,416 hectares (25,740 acres) south of the township. The reserve is the largest and deepest marine reserve adjacent to any of New Zealand's three main islands.

3. Kaikōura - Wikipedia

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   [16] [17] New Zealand Air Force helicopters ferried many people out of Kaikoura initially [18] with the New Zealand navy sending HMNZS Canterbury to ferry many hundreds of tourists out. [19] 1700 construction workers completed two million man hours to repair the quake-damaged route along State Highway 1 after the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.

4. Kaikōura Peninsula - Wikipedia

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   High-energy storms due to the passage of cyclonic depressions over New Zealand can occur at any time of the year. The Kaikōura Coast has a mean tidal range of 1.36 m and a maximum of 2.57 m. The region has a temperate climate with moderate rainfall, averaging 865 mm per year and mean monthly temperatures range from 7.7 °C in July to 16.2 °C ...

5. Hikurangi Marine Reserve - Wikipedia

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   It is the largest and deepest marine reserve in New Zealand. [2] The reserve is covers an area of 10,416 hectares south of the township of Kaikōura. [3] It includes part of the Kaikōura Canyon, a 1000 metre deep side branch of the Hikurangi Trough. It includes a rocky coastline of greywacke boulder and bedrock reefs.

6. Whale watching in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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   Whale watching in Kaikōura from a boat Main article: Whale watching A Bryde's Whale is viewed from Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari's research vessel the 'Dolphin Explorer' during a whale watching trip into the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Whale watching in New Zealand is predominantly centred around the areas of Kaikōura and the Hauraki Gulf. Known as the 'whale capital', Kaikōura is a world ...

7. Hikurangi Trough - Wikipedia

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   Map of the Zealandia continent that shows the Hikurangi Margin as a red dotted line arising from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand intersection. The Hikurangi Trough (previously known as the Hikurangi Trench) [1] [a] is a sea floor feature of the Pacific Ocean off the north-east South Island and the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.