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  2. Taiaroa Head - Wikipedia

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    The part of Taiaroa Head where northern royal albatrosses breed is managed by the NZ Department of Conservation as a nature reserve with restricted entry. On adjacent land the Otago Peninsula Trust manage a visitor centre and run guided tours into the Nature Reserve. Pilots Beach is managed as a recreation reserve by the Dunedin City. [2]

  3. Harington Point - Wikipedia

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    The settlement of Harington Point (often incorrectly spelt Harrington Point) lies within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located at the Otago Heads , at the northeastern end of Otago Peninsula , close to the entrance of Otago Harbour .

  4. Toroa (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The work stands 4 metres (13 ft) in height, and is created from large cuts of wood arrayed so as to represent the wings of an albatross (toroa is the Māori word for albatross). Dunedin's Otago Peninsula , visible from the sculpture's site, is the location of the only breeding colony of royal albatross on an inhabited mainland.

  5. List of historic places in Dunedin - Wikipedia

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    Dunedin Civic Centre [306] The Octagon: Central city c. 1980 Council offices Dunedin Public Library [307] Moray Place: Central city 1978–81 Library Fernhill Mine and area Saddle Hill and Brighton: 1849 (First New Zealand coal mine) [308] 1969 (collapse) [309] Mine (vacant, farm and residential) Landing site of the John Wickliffe [310] Water ...

  6. Dunedin - Wikipedia

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    Dunedin International Airport – an Air New Zealand 737 lands on the runway while an Air New Zealand A320 waits on the taxiway. Dunedin International Airport is located 22 km (13.67 mi) southwest of the city, on the Taieri Plains at Momona. The airport operates a single terminal and 1,900-metre (6,200 ft) runway, and is the third-busiest ...

  7. Albatross - Wikipedia

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    Albatross have high glide ratios, around 22:1 to 23:1, meaning that for every metre they drop, ... like the colony on the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin, New Zealand.

  8. Wisdom the albatross is 74 years old. She’s found a new ...

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    Wisdom, the legendary Laysan albatross or mōlī, stands at center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Nov. 27, 2024.

  9. Otakou - Wikipedia

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    Otakou (Māori: Ōtākou [ɔː ˈ t aː k ɔ ʉ]) is a settlement within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located 25 kilometres from the city centre at the eastern end of Otago Peninsula, close to the entrance of Otago Harbour. [5] [6] [7] Though a small fishing village, Otakou is important in the history of Otago for ...