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Motutaiko Island, the Glossary

Motuaiko Island is the only island within Lake Taupō on the North Island of New Zealand.^[1]

Apex (geometry)

In geometry, an apex (apices) is the vertex which is in some sense the "highest" of the figure to which it belongs.

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Black petrel

The black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni), (tāiko, or tākoketai) also called Parkinson's petrel, is a medium-sized, black-plumaged petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Island

An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.

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Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; Taupō-nui-a-Tia or) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano. Motutaiko Island and lake Taupō are Taupō District and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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Māori language

Māori, or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

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Māori people

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand bellbird

The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), also known by its Māori language names korimako, makomako and kōmako, is a medium-sized species of honeyeater endemic to New Zealand.

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Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. Motutaiko Island and Ngāti Tūwharetoa are Taupō District.

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Ngātoro-i-rangi

In Māori tradition, Ngātoro-i-rangi (Ngātoro) is the name of a tohunga (priest) prominent during the settling of New Zealand (Aotearoa) by the Māori people, who came from the traditional homeland Hawaiki on the Arawa canoe.

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North Island

The North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui, 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Rhyolite

Rhyolite is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks.

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Seismicity

Seismicity is a measure encompassing earthquake occurrences, mechanisms, and magnitude at a given geographical location.

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Skink

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha.

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Small-scaled skink

The small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae.

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Taniwha

In Māori mythology, taniwha are large supernatural beings that live in deep pools in rivers, dark caves, or in the sea, especially in places with dangerous currents or deceptive breakers (giant waves).

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Taupō Volcano

Lake Taupō, in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, fills the caldera of the Taupō Volcano, a large rhyolitic supervolcano. Motutaiko Island and Taupō Volcano are lake Taupō and Taupō Volcanic Zone.

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Tauranga Taupō

Tauranga Taupō is a semi-rural area located at the mouth of Tauranga Taupō River, on the southern shores of Lake Taupō in New Zealand's North Island. Motutaiko Island and Tauranga Taupō are Taupō District.

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Te Rangi-tua-mātotoru

Te Rangi-tua-mātotoru was an 18th-century Māori rangatira and tohunga of the Ngāti Te Rangiita hapū and ariki (paramount chieftain) of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi of the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand.

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Wainuia clarki

Wainuia clarki is a species of air-breathing predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motutaiko_Island