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Mercury Island (also
known as Ahuahu) to the west, Red
Mercury Island (
Whakau) to the east, and five much
smaller islands between the two (Kora****, Green...
- "Ko ahau, ko [say your name] tēnei e
whakaū pono ana ka
pirihonga ahau, ka
piripono ki Te
Arikinui Kīngi Tiāre te Tuatoru, te Kīngi o Aotearoa, me ōna...
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Location Country New
Zealand Physical characteristics
Source Confluence of the
Whakau Stream and
Waipaepae Stream • coordinates 38°32′13″S 177°05′29″E / 38...
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Rarotonga /
Mount Smart Mount Smart Hill
Auckland 2014 Red
Mercury Island (
Whakau)
Scenic Reserve Conservation Area
Coromandel 2019
Refuge Island / Takataka...
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manaakitanga a te atua.
Affirmation of allegiance:
Tenei au, a [name], te
whakau nei i
runga i te
ngakau pono, i te
ngakau pai, ka
pirihongo au, ka noho...
- century. A
lesser known place name is Koko-ia-Kupe - a snug
little bay on
Whakau (Red
Mercury Island). The Māori name was
later displaced by Von Luckners...
- onto two
other islands in the
Mercury group, Moturehu/Double
Island and
Whakau/Red Mercury.
These islands had been
cleared of
their only
mammalian predator...
