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Description
Island located approximately 25km northwest of the entrance to Kawhia Harbour. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-BE31 375961; 'Waikato, off Kawhia Harbour. ‘11 Miles from this Head [Woodyhead] is a very small island, which we named Gannet Island,’ wrote Captain Cook on 10 January 1770, ‘on account of the Great Number of these birds we saw upon it.’ The island is still a gannet rookery. Maori name: Karewa, lit. a fl oat for a net, or a buoy.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010. A large gannet breeding colony is situated on this island. Updating to current dual naming format from Gannet Island (Karewa). See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDJFQzhFMUUzNDEwMEQ4MzVBQTQ)
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