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Taranaki

British  
/ ˌtærəˈnækiː /

noun

  1. another name for (Mount) Egmont

"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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This year in Aotearoa, also known as New Zealand, the mountain Taranaki Maunga was recognized as a legal person because the Maori see it as an ancestor.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

Ngarewa-Packer is among one of the eight Taranaki iwi, on New Zealand's west coast, to whom the mountain is sacred.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2025

The climber was part of a group scaling Mount Taranaki when he fell from the summit around midday on Saturday, 9 September.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2023

At Hawera Hospital in Taranaki, he often brought colleagues fresh baklava from a Christchurch bakery.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2019

Reay dies at Waiapu, and Bolland at Taranaki.

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

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