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Manukau

American  
[mah-nuh-kou] / ˈmɑ nəˌkaʊ /

noun

  1. a city on N North Island, in New Zealand.


Manukau British  
/ ˈmɑːnʊˌkaʊ /

noun

  1. a city in New Zealand, on Manukau Harbour (an inlet of the Tasman Sea) near Auckland on NW North Island. Pop: 326 200 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Auckland is built on an isthmus between the Waitemata Harbor on the Pacific Ocean and Manukau Harbor on the Tasman Sea.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

On Wednesday, Peter Watson, chief medical officer in Counties Manukau, told reporters that New Zealand had ordered 1,292 square feet of skin from tissue banks in the United States to help treat the patients.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2019

“The health system is equipped to respond to this, but in terms of the size, these are very unusual events,” said Dr. John Kenealy, clinical director of surgery at Counties Manukau in New Zealand.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2019

Burns units at hospitals across the country were at full capacity treating 29 of the rescued victims, Dr. Peter Watson, chief medical officer with Counties Manukau Health, told reporters Wednesday.

From Fox News • Dec. 11, 2019

Proceeding northwards to the Manukau Harbour, he found there the Rev. R. Maunsell already established.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

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