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Id:
ZLI/NL-250
Class
Island
Description
A small coastal island at height 7m located just north of midway along Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach. Feature shown on: NZMS260 N03; NZTopo50-AU25 900617; Te Aupouri history: Mutu Kapa (kaumatua of Whanau Pani hapu of Te Aupouri) stated at the Māori Land Court's 1957 Te Oneroa a Tōhē title investigation that “when they reached Maunganui, Tōhē looked out into the ocean and saw an object resembling a canoe. He stated that the object looked like a canoe that God made for fishing. From that he gave that object the name Te Waka e Haua”. (Northern Minute Book Vol 85, 1957. Copy of the Record of Proceedings of the Māori Land Court at Kaitaia on Nov 12-15, 1957, p. 719).
Public access to AZ
Distance from nearest road
0.336km
Lies within
DXCC
ZL
State / Territory
Region
Location
NZTM2000: 1589883, 6161784 (alt: 9m)
 
WGS: 172.8896, -34.6859 (alt: 9m)
Maidenhead
RF65kh
Area
7.28 ha
Active?
Yes
Valid From
1900-01-01


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