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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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Owners gathered at Manukau Stadium, Auckland, for one of the final meets in June.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

She was not required to enter a plea during the brief procedural hearing at the Manukau District Court.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2022

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

The first instance of this tendency was in the Waikato district, where, as we have seen, Hamlin and Maunsell were drawn to the Manukau Harbour and the Waikato Heads.

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

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