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Hawke Bay

American  

noun

  1. a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the E coast of North Island, New Zealand.


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New Zealand's meteorological agency, Metservice, said 100 to 260mm had fallen in the Hawke Bay region in the past 24 hours.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2023

They trained incessantly and practiced landing maneuvers at Hawke Bay, where the tides were bad.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

On the first day of November the Second Division left Wellington, presumably on maneuvers at Hawke Bay again, but ending up instead at Noumea on the French island of New Caledonia.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Two days later he landed on the east coast of the North Island, a little north of Hawke Bay.

From History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 by Alexander Sutherland

Hitherto the province of Hawke Bay had been comparatively free from the troubles that had so long disturbed Auckland, Taranaki, and the northern portion of Wellington.

From Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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