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992:Blenheim
758:See also
745:(63.62)
154:173°53′E
132:Location
1608:41°02′S
1530:Council
1245:Islands
1180:Renwick
1175:Rārangi
1170:Rapaura
1147:Awatere
1080:Waikawa
1015:Anakiwa
743:1,616.9
740:(5.87)
735:(4.68)
730:(7.05)
725:(5.43)
720:(6.11)
715:(5.36)
710:(6.79)
705:(6.20)
700:(4.83)
695:(3.61)
690:(3.59)
675:(51.3)
670:(55.4)
665:(51.8)
660:(49.5)
655:(47.5)
650:(45.1)
645:(44.6)
640:(46.6)
635:(50.0)
630:(52.9)
625:(56.1)
620:(58.1)
615:(57.7)
605:(56.7)
600:(61.3)
595:(57.6)
590:(55.0)
585:(52.5)
580:(50.2)
575:(49.3)
570:(51.1)
565:(54.9)
560:(58.3)
555:(61.9)
550:(64.2)
545:(63.7)
535:(62.1)
530:(67.3)
525:(63.5)
520:(60.8)
515:(57.7)
510:(55.4)
505:(54.0)
500:(55.6)
495:(59.7)
490:(63.7)
485:(67.6)
480:(70.3)
475:(69.8)
413:Climate
348:Flossie
280:History
271:isthmus
151:41°02′S
1190:Seddon
1143:Wairau
1065:Picton
1045:Moenui
1020:Bulwer
920:20 May
916:. NIWA
862:3 June
685:(4.1)
426:Month
356:takahē
329:kākāpō
187:Length
30:
1535:Mayor
738:149.2
733:118.8
728:179.1
723:137.8
718:155.1
713:136.1
708:172.5
703:157.5
698:122.8
465:Year
407:Māori
300:Fauna
286:Māori
238:Māori
34:Māori
1215:Ward
988:Seat
922:2024
900:2015
864:2022
693:91.8
688:91.2
673:10.7
668:13.0
663:11.0
633:10.0
628:11.6
623:13.4
618:14.5
613:14.3
603:13.7
598:16.3
593:14.2
588:12.8
583:11.4
578:10.1
568:10.6
563:12.7
558:14.6
553:16.6
548:17.9
543:17.6
533:16.7
528:19.6
523:17.5
518:16.0
513:14.3
508:13.0
503:12.2
498:13.1
493:15.4
488:17.6
483:19.8
478:21.3
473:21.0
462:Dec
459:Nov
456:Oct
453:Sep
450:Aug
447:Jul
444:Jun
441:May
438:Apr
435:Mar
432:Feb
429:Jan
401:Name
391:flax
379:Weta
350:and
339:and
179:Area
1544:Iwi
837:,"
817:,"
683:105
658:9.7
653:8.6
648:7.3
643:7.0
638:8.1
573:9.6
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990::
977:,
855:.
826:^
804:^
343:.
335:,
327:,
320:.
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960:t
953:v
924:.
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