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Hāwea (iwi)
Hawea or Hāwea can refer to: * Lake Hāwea, a lake in New Zealand *Lake Hāwea (town), a settlement beside the lake *Hāwea River, a river in New Zealand * Hāwea Conservation Park, a protected area in New Zealand *Hāwea / Bligh Sound, a fiord in New Zealand * HMNZS Hawea, three ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy *Hawea Mataira Hawea Karepa Mataira (3 December 1910 – 15 November 1979) was a dual-code rugby football player who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. Rugby union career Mataira made his first class debut in 1931 and in 1932 made ...
, a dual-code rugby football player who represented New Zealand {{disambiguation ...
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Lake Hāwea
Lake Hāwea is New Zealand's List of lakes in New Zealand#Largest lakes, ninth largest lake. The lake is in the Otago Region at an altitude of 348 metres. It covers 141 km² and reaches 392 metres deep. Lake Hāwea is named after a Māori people, Māori tribe who preceded the Waitaha (South Island iwi), Waitaha people in the area. Lake Hāwea stretches 35 kilometres from north to south. It lies in a U-shaped valley, glacial valley formed during the last ice age, and is fed by the Hunter River (New Zealand), Hunter River. Nearby Lake Wānaka lies in a parallel glacial valley eight kilometres to the west. At their closest point, a rocky ridge called The Neck, the lakes are only 1000 metres apart. Lake Hāwea is dammed to the south by an ancient terminal moraine created some 10,000 years ago. In 1958 the lake was artificially raised 20 metres to store more water for increased hydroelectric power generation at the Roxburgh Dam. The only flat land around the lake is at its s ...
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Lake Hāwea (town)
Lake Hāwea is a small settlement at the southern end of a lake, also named Lake Hāwea, in New Zealand's South Island. It is 18 kilometres to the northeast of Wānaka. Demographics Lake Hawea covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Lake Hawea had a population of 1,200 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 402 people (50.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 648 people (117.4%) since the 2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small .... There were 444 households. There were 630 males and 570 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female. The median age was 39.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 264 people (22.0%) aged under 15 years, 156 (13.0%) aged 15 to 29, 621 (51. ...
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Hāwea River
The Hāwea River is a river of New Zealand, draining Lake Hāwea into the Clutha/Matau-au. The river's flow is set by the Lake Hawea Control Dam, an earth embankment 30m high and 390m long that enables water to be released when wanted for the Clyde Dam further downstream. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākitio R ... References Rivers of Otago Rivers of New Zealand Tributaries of the Clutha River {{Otago-river-stub ...
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Hāwea Conservation Park
The Hāwea Conservation Park is a protected area in the South Island of New Zealand. It was created in September 2008 from land that previously had a number of separate tenures. The majority of the land forming the park was public conservation land but some previously unallocated Crown land and land from the tenure review process also formed part of the park. The park covers an area of around the northern part of Lake Hāwea. The Department of Conservation administers the land. American media personality Matt Lauer has blocked public access to the conservation park through his leasehold on the Hunter Station farm. See also *Protected areas of New Zealand Protected areas of New Zealand are areas that are in some way protected to preserve their environmental, scientific, scenic, historical, cultural or recreational value. There are about 10,000 protected areas covering about a third of the country. ... References External linksDepartment of Conservation- Hāwea Conservat ...
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Hāwea / Bligh Sound
Hāwea / Bligh Sound is a fiord of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in Fiordland, 30 kilometres southwest of Milford Sound, and is 15 kilometres in length. The fiord forms a crooked "Z" shape. Wild Natives River flows into the innermost arm, Bounty Haven. History and naming The Māori name Hāwea is after the ancient iwi of Kāti Hāwea. The fiord was named Bligh Sound in 1809 by John Grono, after the ship ''Governor Bligh'' in honour of the Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh Vice-Admiral William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. The mutiny on the HMS ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command; after being set adrift i .... In October 2019, the name of the fiord was officially altered to Hāwea / Bligh Sound. Marine reserve Hawea (Clio Rocks) Marine Reserve covers 411 hectares in the central part of the fiord. The reserve includes large areas of shel ...
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HMNZS Hawea
Three ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy have been named HMNZS ''Hawea'': * , was a frigate, 1948–1965 * , was a , 1975–1991, pennant number P3571 * , is a , launched in 2007, pennant number P3571 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawea, Hmnzs Royal New Zealand Navy ship names ...
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