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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Maori is located in a marine west coast climate zone, with a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) at the summit. [6] Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountain, where the air is forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing moisture to drop in the form of rain and snow.
[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 ...
Interactive map showing the locations of the 14 Tūpuna Maunga The Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau (ancestral mountains of Auckland ) are 14 volcanic cones that hold great historical, spiritual, ancestral and cultural significance to the 13 Māori iwi and hapū of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (also known as the Tāmaki Collective), who ...
The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [ 1 ] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
grassland birds such as kea, New Zealand falcon, and New Zealand pipit; forest birds such as tomtit, rifleman, and pipipi; Trig 'M' is a notable track for the Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park; it is an easy climb through subalpine scrub to a windy summit.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... (Māori meeting grounds) in the Auckland region of New Zealand. [1] [2] Great Barrier Island
Putauaki (Māori: Pūtauaki; also known in English as Mount Edgecumbe) is a dacite volcanic cone in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand.Located 50 km (31 mi) east of Rotorua and three kilometres east of Kawerau, it is the easternmost vent of the Taupo Volcanic Zone adjacent to the Ōkataina volcanic centre.
The Mount Cook Range (Māori: Kirikirikatata; officially gazetted as Kirikirikatata / Mount Cook Range) is an offshoot range of the Southern Alps of New Zealand. The range forks from the Southern Alps at the Green Saddle [3] and descends towards Lake Pukaki, encompassing Aoraki / Mount Cook [4] and standing adjacent to the Tasman Glacier.