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A more recent variant of towed tubing is "kite tubing". When tubes being towed on water reach high speeds, they may take flight. This is because the body of the tube acts as an airfoil and creates lift. In this way, the tube becomes a kite. A tube's ability to achieve and maintain flight depends on a number of factors including the speed at ...
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [ 11 ] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump , which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show .
Colorful kites of all shapes and sizes lined the skies at the Otaki Kite Festival, held annually on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand.
Nature reserves are established under the Reserves Act 1977 "for the purpose of protecting and preserving in perpetuity indigenous flora or fauna or natural features that are of such rarity, scientific interest or importance, or so unique that their protection and preservation are in the public interest". [2]
New Zealand's forest ecosystems for example are being considered as the second most endangered of the world, with only 7% of the natural habitat remaining. [12] A male brown kiwi. Eighty per cent of New Zealand's biota is endemic. New Zealand's biodiversity exhibits high levels of endemism, both in its flora and fauna.
Ngā Manu Nature Reserve is a nature and wildlife reserve in Waikanae, New Zealand, on the Kāpiti Coast of the North Island. In addition to offering a sanctuary for native birds and other animals, the 14 hectares (35 acres) reserve preserves the largest remnant of coastal lowland swamp forest on the Kāpiti Coast.
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Lake Rotoiti is a lake in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. [3] It is the northwesternmost in a chain of lakes formed within the Okataina Caldera.The lake is close to the northern shore of its more famous neighbour, Lake Rotorua, and is connected to it via the Ohau Channel.