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Description
A small hilly island roughly 2.5km in length located approximately 2.5km from the north-east coast of Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island). Feature shown on: NZMS260 S08 T08; NZTopo50-AY34 246990; 'Auckland, near Great Barrier Island. So named from the arid nature of the soil. Maori name: Rakitu.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.