Whangarei
Britishnoun
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New Zealand police Superintendent Tony Hill said in a statement that one person was missing at the Abbey Caves, near Whangarei, after a group of high school students got into difficulty.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
Australia booked their place in the quarter-finals of the women's Rugby World Cup on Saturday with a hard-fought 13-7 win over Wales in Whangarei as hosts New Zealand handed Scotland a 57-0 thrashing.
From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2022
Scotland fell to a second Rugby World Cup defeat after a heartbreaking 14-12 loss against Australia in Whangarei.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2022
At Whangarei, New Zealand, Bienne Terita also scored a second-half try for Australia which posted its first win in Group A after a first-round loss to New Zealand.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Leprosy is still called Tuwhenua in the Whangarei district, but whether the disease was called after the canoe, or the canoe after the disease, it is difficult now to determine.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson
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