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Waiheke Island, the Glossary

Waiheke Island (Māori) is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand.^[1]

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Populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana

Agathis

Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia.

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Air Auckland

Air Auckland (formerly Flight Hauraki) was a small airline based at Ardmore Airport in New Zealand.

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In Māori tradition, Aotea is one of the canoes (waka) in which Māori migrated to New Zealand; it is particularly associated with the tribes of Taranaki and Whanganui, including Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngā Rauru and other tribal groups.

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Argillite

Argillite is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles.

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Asian New Zealanders

Asian New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Asian ancestry (including naturalised New Zealanders who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants).

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Auckland

Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania. Waiheke Island and Auckland are populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana.

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Auckland City

Auckland City (Tāmaki-Makaurau) was a territorial authority with city status covering the central isthmus of the urban area of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Auckland City Council

Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council.

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Auckland Council

Auckland Council (Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

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Auckland isthmus

The Auckland isthmus, also known as the Tāmaki isthmus, is a narrow stretch of land on the North Island of New Zealand in the Auckland Region, and the location of the central suburbs of the city of Auckland, including the CBD.

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Auckland Libraries

Auckland Council Libraries, usually simplified to Auckland Libraries, is the public library system for the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

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Auckland Region

Auckland is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, which takes its name from the eponymous urban area.

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Auckland Regional Council

The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) was the regional council (one of the former local government authorities) of the Auckland Region.

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Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport (AT) is the council-controlled organisation (CCO) of Auckland Council responsible for transport projects and services.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum

The Auckland War Memorial Museum (Tāmaki Paenga Hira), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials.

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Ōmiha

Ōmiha is a rural settlement on the southwest coast of Waiheke Island in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

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Bach (New Zealand)

A bach (pronounced 'batch'), also called a crib in the southern half of the South Island, is a small, often modest holiday home or beach house in New Zealand.

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Bay of Islands

The Bay of Islands is an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Blackpool, New Zealand

Blackpool is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

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Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine (vin de Bordèu, vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on the Garonne River.

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Buddhism in New Zealand

Buddhism is New Zealand's third-largest religion after Christianity and Hinduism standing at 1.5% of the population of New Zealand.

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Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties.

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Chardonnay

Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine.

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Chert

Chert is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, the mineral form of silicon dioxide (SiO2).

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Chorus Limited

Chorus is a provider of telecommunications infrastructure throughout New Zealand.

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Christianity in New Zealand

Christianity in New Zealand dates to the arrival of missionaries from the Church Missionary Society who were welcomed onto the beach at Rangihoua Bay in December 1814.

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Community and People of Waiheke Island

The Community and People of Waiheke Island (CAPOW) was an incorporated society started 2003 representing much of the community of Waiheke Island, New Zealand during the dispute over the proposed redevelopment of the Matiatia ferry wharf site.

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Community boards in New Zealand

In New Zealand, community boards are governed by the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002 and can be created, or dissolved by territorial authorities, 40 out of 78 of which have 111 boards.

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Coromandel, New Zealand

Coromandel, (Kapanga) also called Coromandel Town to distinguish it from the wider district, is a town on the Coromandel Harbour, on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula, which is in the North Island of New Zealand. Waiheke Island and Coromandel, New Zealand are populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Denise Roche

Denise Maree Roche (born 9 July 1963) is a New Zealand politician.

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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

The Department of Conservation (DOC; Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.

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Dick Hubbard

Richard John Hubbard (born 18 November 1946) is a New Zealand businessman and politician, founder and former principal of Hubbard Foods in Auckland, and mayor of Auckland City from 2004 to 2007.

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District Plan

A district plan is a statutory planning document of New Zealand's territorial authorities.

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Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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Fullers Group

Fullers Group Limited, trading as Fullers360, is a ferry and tourism company in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology.

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Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and which performs best in cooler climates.

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Great Barrier Island

Great Barrier Island (Aotea) lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island are islands of the Auckland Region.

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (Rōpū Kākāriki o Aotearoa, Niu Tireni), commonly known as Green or the Greens, is a green and left-wing political party in New Zealand.

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Greywacke

Greywacke or graywacke (German grauwacke, signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments or sand-size lithic fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

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Half Moon Bay, Auckland

Half Moon Bay, is a suburb of East Auckland, New Zealand, lying immediately south of Bucklands Beach.

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Hauraki Gulf

The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Hermitage AOC

Hermitage is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France south of Lyon.

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High Court of New Zealand

The High Court of New Zealand (Te Kōti Matua o Aotearoa) is the superior court of New Zealand.

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Hinduism in New Zealand

Hinduism is the second largest religion in New Zealand.

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HMS Malabar (1804)

HMS Malabar was a 56-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy.

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Islam in New Zealand

Islam is the third-largest religion in New Zealand (1.3%) after Christianity (37.3%) and Hinduism (2.7%).

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John Hawkesby

John Langley Hawkesby (born 1947) is a former news presenter for ONE News and THREE News in New Zealand.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kelsian Group

Kelsian Group Limited, formerly SeaLink Travel Group, is an Australian public company that operates transport services in Australia, the Channel Islands nations of Guernsey and Jersey and Singapore.

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Kiteboarding

Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface.

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Kunzea ericoides

Kunzea ericoides, commonly known as kānuka, kanuka, or white tea-tree, is a tree or shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New Zealand.

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Landsat program

The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth.

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Last Glacial Maximum

The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice sheets were at their greatest extent 26,000 and 20,000 years ago.

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Leptospermum scoparium

Leptospermum scoparium, commonly called mānuka, mānuka myrtle, New Zealand teatree, broom tea-tree, or just tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and south-east Australia.

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List of islands of New Zealand

New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea.

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Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher.

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Malbec

Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine.

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Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.

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Marae

A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malae (in Tongan), meae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies.

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Maraetai

Maraetai is a coastal town to the east of Auckland in New Zealand, on the Pōhutukawa Coast. Waiheke Island and Maraetai are populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana.

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Marlborough District

Marlborough District or the Marlborough Region (or Tauihu), commonly known simply as Marlborough, is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, located on the northeast of the South Island.

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Marutūāhu

Marutūāhu, Marutūahu or Marutuahu is a collective of the Māori iwi (tribes) of the Hauraki region (the Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Plains) of New Zealand.

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Matiatia

Matiatia is a location at the western end of Waiheke Island, in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.

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Māori history

The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting from the late 13th or early 14th centuries.

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Māori Land Court

The Māori Land Court (Māori: Te Kōti Whenua Māori) is the specialist court of record in New Zealand that hears matters relating to Māori land.

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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 migration canoes

Māori oral histories recount how their ancestors set out from their homeland in waka hourua, large twin-hulled ocean-going canoes (waka).

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Māori people

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

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Māori religion

Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand.

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Mātaatua

Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition.

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Merlot

Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines.

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Mike Lee (New Zealand politician)

Michael Lee is a New Zealand local government politician.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Montepulciano

Montepulciano is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and comune in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany.

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Musket Wars

The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) among Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertribal arms race in order to gain territory or seek revenge for past defeats.

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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA (Taihoro Nukurangi), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players.

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New Zealand

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

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New Zealand Fire Service

The New Zealand Fire Service (Whakaratonga Iwi, "Service to the People"; also known as the NZFS) was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 – at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

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New Zealand Government

The New Zealand Government (Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa) is the central government through which political authority is exercised in New Zealand.

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Ngāpuhi

Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei.

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Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)

Ngāti Maru is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Hauraki region of New Zealand.

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Ngāti Pāoa

Ngāti Pāoa is a Māori iwi (tribe) that has extensive links to the Hauraki and Waikato tribes of New Zealand.

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North Head (New Zealand)

North Head (officially Maungauika and sometimes referred to as Maungauika / North Head) is a volcano and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) forming a headland at the east end of the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, in the suburb of Devonport.

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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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Nude beach

A nude beach, sometimes called a clothing-optional or free beach, is a beach where users are at liberty to be nude.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Oneroa, New Zealand

Oneroa is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand.

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Onetangi

Onetangi is a settlement on the north coast of Waiheke Island in New Zealand.

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Ostend, New Zealand

Ostend is a settlement on Waiheke Island, in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf within the Auckland Region.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Palm Beach, New Zealand

Palm Beach is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand.

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Pasifika New Zealanders

Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from, the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders) outside of New Zealand itself.

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Pākehā

Pākehā (or Pakeha) is a Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Pinot gris

Pinot gris, Pinot grigio or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.

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Pinot noir

Pinot noir, also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.

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Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off.

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Rangitoto Island

Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. Waiheke Island and Rangitoto Island are islands of the Auckland Region.

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Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.

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Rhône

The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Romeo Bragato

Alessandro Romeo Bragato (1859–1913) played a significant role in the development of the wine industry in Australia and New Zealand.

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Rosé

A rosé is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine.

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Royal Commission on Auckland Governance

The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was established by the New Zealand Government to investigate the local government arrangements of Auckland.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rural Waiheke

Rural Waiheke comprises the eastern and southern parts of Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, in New Zealand.

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Sauvignon blanc

Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the city of Bordeaux in France.

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Sculpture on the Gulf

Sculpture on the Gulf is a temporary outdoor art exhibition on a coastal headland on Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

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Shipyard

A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired.

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South Island

The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.

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Stony Batter

Stony Batter is a historic defence installation at the north-eastern end of Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Surfdale

Surfdale is a settlement on Waiheke Island in northern New Zealand.

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Syrah

Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine.

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Tangata whenua

In New Zealand, tangata whenua is a Māori term that translates to "people of the land".

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Tarahiki Island

Tarahiki Island, also known as Shag Island, is a island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Waiheke Island and Tarahiki Island are islands of the Auckland Region.

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Tākitimu

Tākitimu was a waka (canoe) with whakapapa throughout the Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times.

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Tāmaki Māori

Tāmaki Māori are Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) who have a strong connection to Tāmaki Makaurau (the Auckland Region), and whose rohe was traditionally within the region.

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Terroir

Terroir (from terre) is a French term used to describe the environmental factors that affect a crop's phenotype, including unique environment contexts, farming practices and a crop's specific growth habitat.

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Trewartha climate classification

The Trewartha climate classification (TCC), or the Köppen–Trewartha climate classification (KTC), is a climate classification system first published by American geographer Glenn Thomas Trewartha in 1966.

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Vector Limited

Vector Limited is a New Zealand energy company, which runs a portfolio of businesses delivering energy and communication services across Australasia and the Pacific.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Waiheke Island Aerodrome

Waiheke Island Aerodrome is a private airport on Waiheke Island, 17 nautical miles northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.

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Waiheke Radio

Waiheke Radio is a not-for-profit, non-commercial Community radio service on Waiheke Island.

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Waiheke United AFC

Waiheke United AFC is a football club based at Onetangi Sports Park on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Waikato

Waikato is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand.

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Waitangi Tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

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Waitematā and Gulf ward

Waitematā and Gulf Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Great Barrier, Waiheke, and Waitematā Local Boards.

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Waitematā Harbour

Waitematā Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand.

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Whakanewha Regional Park

Whakanewha Regional Park is a regional park situated on Waiheke Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wynyard Quarter

Looking towards Wynyard Quarter from Auckland Sky Tower, with approximate boundary drawn in red The Wynyard Quarter (historically also known as the Western Reclamation, Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm) is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitematā Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront, New Zealand.

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References

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

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Waiheke Island, the Glossary

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Populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana

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