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New Zealand's soils are affected by bedrock, climate, vegetation and the time it has had to develop, In the central North Island the felsic volcanic rocks is deficient in elements (like cobalt) needed by plants. [6] While the rare ultramafic rocks of the South Island are so rich in required elements it is used as fertilizer. [7]
[5] [6] In 1941, the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand renamed the hill to a 57-character name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which has been an official name since 1948, and first appeared in a 1955 map. [7] The New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, maintained by Land Information New ...
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
The ecoregion was home to several species of flightless moa, Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei), the flightless New Zealand swan (Cygnus sumnerensis) and the North Island goose (Cnemiornis gracilis). The Māori arrived around 1280, and are the first known humans to inhabit New Zealand. The early settlers hunted many of the large birds, including ...
The forests are home to a number of rare birds including the endangered North Island kokako wattlebird, the North Island brown kiwi, and three endemic parrots red-crowned parakeet, the New Zealand kaka and the kākāpō, the last of which now only survives on the offshore Little Barrier Island.
The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui [tɛ i.kɐ ɐ mɑː.ʉ.i], lit. '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.
The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), [2] making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 4,077,800 (June 2024), [3] accounting for approximately 76% of the total residents of New Zealand. [4] Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island.
The Kaimanawa Range, officially called the Kaimanawa Mountains since 16 July 2020, [2] is a range of mountains in the central North Island of New Zealand. [3] They extend for 50 kilometres in a northeast–southwest direction through largely uninhabited country to the south of Lake Taupō, east of the "Desert Road".