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Waitākere Ranges, the Glossary

Index Waitākere Ranges

The Waitākere Ranges is a mountain range in New Zealand. Located in West Auckland between metropolitan Auckland and the Tasman Sea, the ranges and its foothills and coasts comprise some of public and private land. The area, traditionally known to Māori as Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa (The Great Forest of Tiriwa), is of local, regional, and national significance.[1]

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  1. 110 relations: Agathis australis, Anawhata, Andesite, Arataki Visitor Centre, Ark in the Park (conservation project), Asian New Zealanders, Auckland, Auckland City Council, Auckland Council, Auckland Region, Auckland Regional Council, Auckland volcanic field, Australasian gannet, Australia, Basalt, Black sand, Buddhism in New Zealand, Calabash, Christianity in New Zealand, Common brushtail possum in New Zealand, Conglomerate (geology), Dacite, Dacrydium cupressinum, Edmund Hillary, Forest & Bird, Geographic coordinate system, Hinduism in New Zealand, Hochstetter's frog, Holocene, Huia, New Zealand, Hunua Ranges, Invertebrate, Islam in New Zealand, Iwi, Karekare, New Zealand, Kauri dieback, Kōwhai, Lion Rock (New Zealand), Lower Nihotupu Reservoir, Manukau Harbour, Māori language, Māori migration canoes, Māori people, Māori religion, Māori traditional textiles, Metrosideros robusta, Miocene, Muriwai, New Zealand census, New Zealand long-tailed bat, ... Expand index (60 more) »

  2. Mountain ranges of New Zealand
  3. Mountains of the Auckland Region
  4. Regional parks of the Auckland Region
  5. Tourist attractions in the Auckland Region

Agathis australis

Agathis australis, or kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, found north of 38°S in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island.

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Anawhata

Anawhata is a beach on the coast of New Zealand west of Auckland. Waitākere Ranges and Anawhata are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Arataki Visitor Centre

Arataki Visitor Centre is a tourism and education centre in West Auckland, New Zealand, often described as the gateway to the Waitākere Ranges. Waitākere Ranges and Arataki Visitor Centre are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Ark in the Park (conservation project)

Ark in the Park is an open sanctuary and conservation project in the Waitākere Ranges near Auckland. Waitākere Ranges and Ark in the Park (conservation project) are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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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.

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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 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 volcanic field

The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island. Waitākere Ranges and Auckland volcanic field are mountains of the Auckland Region.

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Australasian gannet

The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Black sand

Black sand is sand that is black in color.

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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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Calabash

Calabash (Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit.

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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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Common brushtail possum in New Zealand

The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) was introduced from Australia to New Zealand, where it has become invasive and a major agricultural and conservation pest.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.

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Dacite

Dacite is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides.

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Dacrydium cupressinum

Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand.

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Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.

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Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird (Te Reo o te Taiao), also known by its formal name as the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, is an environmental organisation specialising in the protection and conservation of New Zealand's indigenous flora and fauna and unique wild places and natural ecosystems.

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Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude.

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Hinduism in New Zealand

Hinduism is the second largest religion in New Zealand.

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Hochstetter's frog

Hochstetter's frog or Hochstetter's New Zealand frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Huia, New Zealand

Huia is a western coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand and forms part of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park. Waitākere Ranges and Huia, New Zealand are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Hunua Ranges

The Hunua Ranges is a mountain range and regional park to the southeast of Auckland city, in the Auckland and Waikato regions of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and Hunua Ranges are mountain ranges of New Zealand, mountains of the Auckland Region and regional parks of the Auckland Region.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.

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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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Iwi

Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.

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Karekare, New Zealand

Karekare is a small coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand, sandwiched between the Waitākere Ranges and a large black sand surf beach. Waitākere Ranges and Karekare, New Zealand are tourist attractions in the Auckland Region and Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Kauri dieback

Kauri dieback is a forest dieback disease of the native kauri trees (Agathis australis) of New Zealand that is suspected to be caused by the oomycete Phytophthora agathidicida. Symptoms can include root rot and associated rot in a collar around the base of the tree, bleeding resin, yellowing and chlorosis of the leaves followed by extensive defoliation, and finally, death.

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Kōwhai

Kōwhai are small woody legume trees within the genus Sophora, in the family Fabaceae, that are native to New Zealand.

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Lion Rock (New Zealand)

Lion Rock is a rocky headland located on Piha Beach in the Waitākere Ranges area of the Auckland Region, New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Lion Rock (New Zealand) are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Lower Nihotupu Reservoir

The Lower Nihotupu Reservoir (or Lower Nihotupu Dam) is one of five reservoirs in the Waitākere Ranges that supply water to Auckland. Waitākere Ranges and Lower Nihotupu Reservoir are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Manukau Harbour

The Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand by area.

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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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Māori traditional textiles

Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand.

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Metrosideros robusta

Metrosideros robusta, the northern rātā, is a forest tree endemic to New Zealand.

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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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Muriwai

Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand.

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New Zealand census

The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings (Te Tatauranga o ngā Tāngata Huri Noa i Aotearoa me ō rātou Whare Noho) is a national population and housing census conducted by Statistics New Zealand, a government department, every five years.

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New Zealand long-tailed bat

The New Zealand long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus), also known as the long-tailed wattled bat and pekapeka tou-roa is one of 15 species of bats in the genus Chalinolobus variously known as "pied bats", "wattled bats" or "long-tailed bats".

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North Island kōkako

The North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni) is an endangered forest bird which is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

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North Island robin

The North Island robin (Petroica longipes) (toutouwai) is a species of Australasian robin endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

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Onychophora

Onychophora (from ονυχής,, "claws"; and φέρειν,, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.

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Oomycete

The Oomycetes, or Oomycota, form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms within the Stramenopiles.

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Paratutae Island

Paratutae Island, also known as Paratūtai Island, is an island off New Zealand at the mouth of the Manukau Harbour, at Whatipu in the Waitākere Ranges area.

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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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Patupaiarehe

Patupaiarehe are supernatural beings in Māori mythology that are described as pale to fair skinned with blonde hair or red hair, usually having the same stature as ordinary people, and never tattooed.

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The word pā (often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive terraces – and also to fortified villages.

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Pākehā

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

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Peripatoides

Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout New Zealand.

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Piha

Piha is a coastal settlement in West Auckland, on the western coast of the Auckland Region in New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Piha are tourist attractions in the Auckland Region and Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Piha Surf Life Saving Club

Piha Surf Life Saving Club (sometimes called Piha Lifeguard Service) is a surf lifesaving club for the southern section of Piha, on the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand, some 45 km from the Auckland City centre.

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Pteridium esculentum

Pteridium esculentum, commonly known as bracken fern, Austral bracken or simply bracken, is a species of the bracken genus native to a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Pukematekeo

Pukematekeo is a hill in the Waitākere Ranges of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and Pukematekeo are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand (Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995.

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Radome

A radome (a portmanteau of radar and dome) is a structural, weatherproof enclosure that protects a radar antenna.

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Rakataura

Rakataura, also known as Hape or Rakatāura, is a legendary Polynesian navigator and a progenitor of many Māori iwi.

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Rāhui

In Māori culture, a rāhui is a form of tapu restricting access to, or use of, an area or resource by the kaitiaki (guardian/s) of the area in the spirit of kaitiakitanga.

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Regional parks of New Zealand

Regional parks of New Zealand are protected areas administered by regional councils, the top tier of local government.

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Rip current

A rip current (also rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rohe

The Māori people of New Zealand use the word to describe the territory or boundaries of tribes (although some divide their into several.

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Ruaotuwhenua

Ruaotuwhenua is a hill in the Waitākere Ranges of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and Ruaotuwhenua are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Scenic Drive, Auckland

Scenic Drive is a road that runs through the bush-clad Waitākere Ranges from Titirangi to Swanson on the western outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Scenic Drive, Auckland are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Sophora fulvida

Sophora fulvida, the kōwhai or west coast kōwhai is one of 8 species of native Sophora or kōwhai in New Zealand and grows naturally around the Northland, Auckland and Waikato regions of New Zealand.

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Stoat

The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America.

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Swanson, New Zealand

Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Waitākere Ranges and Swanson, New Zealand are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia

Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia as a crop began around 1000 AD in central Polynesia.

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Tainui (canoe)

Tainui was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago.

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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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Taranaki

Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island.

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Taro

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable.

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Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand.

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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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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia established in 2001 by the New Zealand Government's Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

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Te Henga / Bethells Beach

Te Henga, or Bethells Beach, is a coastal community in West Auckland, New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Te Henga / Bethells Beach are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Te Kawerau ā Maki

Te Kawerau ā Maki, Te Kawerau a Maki, or Te Kawerau-a-Maki is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

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Te Rau-o-te-Huia / Mount Donald McLean

Te Rau-o-te-Huia / Mount Donald McLean is a hill in the Waitākere Ranges of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and te Rau-o-te-Huia / Mount Donald McLean are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Te Toiokawharu

Te Toiokawharu is a hill in the Waitākere Ranges of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and te Toiokawharu are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock

Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock is an island at the mouth of the Manukau Harbour, at Whatipu in the Waitākere Ranges area.

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Titirangi

Titirangi is a suburb of West Auckland in the Waitākere Ranges local board area of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Titirangi are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Tohunga

In the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious or otherwise.

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University of Auckland

The University of Auckland (UoA; Māori: Waipapa Taumata Rau) is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Upper Nihotupu Reservoir

The Upper Nihotupu Reservoir (or Upper Nihotupu Dam) is one of five reservoirs in the Waitākere Ranges that supply water to Auckland, New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Upper Nihotupu Reservoir are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Veronica bishopiana

Veronica bishopiana, the Waitākere rock koromiko, is a flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.

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Veronica obtusata

Veronica obtusata, the northern hebe, is a flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.

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Waiatarua

Waiatarua is a small settlement near the top of the Waitākere Ranges in West Auckland, close to the junction of Scenic Drive, West Coast Road and Piha Road to Piha and runs east until the junction of Scenic Drive and Mountain Road. Waitākere Ranges and Waiatarua are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Waitakere City

Waitākere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand; it was governed by the Waitākere City Council from 1989 to 2010.

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Waitākere Ranges Local Board

Waitākere Ranges Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's Waitākere Ward councillors.

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Waitākere Reservoir

Waitākere Reservoir is a reservoir on the Waitakere River in the Waitākere Ranges, west of Auckland in New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Waitākere Reservoir are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Waitākere River

The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Waitākere Ranges and Waitākere River are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Waitākere volcano

The Waitākere volcano, also known as the Manukau volcano, was a Miocene era volcano that formed off the west coast of the modern Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Waka (canoe)

Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to long.

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Wētā

Wētā (also spelt weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand.

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Weasel

Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.

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West Auckland, New Zealand

West Auckland (Te Uru o Tāmaki Makaurau or Tāmaki ki te Hauauru) is one of the major geographical areas of Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand.

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Whatipu

Whatipu is a remote beach on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Waitākere Ranges and Whatipu are Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area.

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Whitehead (bird)

The whitehead (Mohoua albicilla; pōpokotea) is a small species (15 cm in length, 18.5/14.5 g.Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson, "The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand" (revised edition), Viking, 2005) of passerine bird endemic to New Zealand.

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2013 New Zealand census

The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census.

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2018 New Zealand census

The 2018 New Zealand census was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand, which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018.

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See also

Mountain ranges of New Zealand

Mountains of the Auckland Region

Regional parks of the Auckland Region

Tourist attractions in the Auckland Region

References

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

Also known as Cascade / Kauri, Waitakere Ranges, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland, Waitakeries, Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, Waterfall Bay Falls.

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