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Wairau may
refer to:
Wairau (New
Zealand electorate),
parliamentary electorate in the
Marlborough Region of New
Zealand Wairau Bar, a
gravel bar formed...
- The
Wairau Affray of 17 June 1843, also
called the
Wairau M****acre and the
Wairau Incident, was the
first serious clash of arms
between British settlers...
- The
Wairau River is one of the
longest rivers in New Zealand's
South Island. It
flows for 170
kilometres (110 mi) from the
Spenser Mountains (a northern...
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Wairau Valley is the
valley of the
Wairau River in Marlborough, New
Zealand and also the name of the main
settlement in the
upper valley.
State Highway...
- The
Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi, is a 19-hectare (47-acre)
gravel bar
formed where the
Wairau River meets the sea in
Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, north-eastern...
- is the
mandated iwi
authority for Rangitāne o Manawatū hapū. Rangitāne o
Wairau has a rohe over Marlborough,
including much of
Kahurangi National Park,...
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Wairau Valley is a
suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The area is
predominantly light industrial/commercial. The
Northern Motorway p****es to the east, and...
- Zealand.
State Highway 1 runs past the
settlement to the west, and the
Wairau River flows past to the east.
Picton is 22 km to the north, and Blenheim...
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conflict began between the
colonial government and Māori in 1843 with the
Wairau Affray over land and
disagreements over sovereignty.
These conflicts, mainly...
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Wairau was a
parliamentary electorate in the
Marlborough Region of New Zealand. It was one of the
initial 24 New
Zealand electorates and
existed from 1853...
