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The settlement of
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All three offer public tours of the respective wildlife colonies. Wellers Rock wharf, just south of
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Wellers Rock (officially ungrammatically spelt without a concluding apostrophe), also known as Te
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1404:Taieri Plain
1394:Taieri Gorge
1389:Taiaroa Head
1279:Lake Tatawai
1239:Foulden Maar
1217:Careys Creek
1192:Blueskin Bay
1187:Allans Beach
1126:Moore's Bush
1116:Leith Saddle
1111:Lawyers Head
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793:Green Island
657:Corstorphine
621:Grants Braes
580:Ravensbourne
530:Leith Valley
479:The Exchange
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1559:Moray Place
1539:Knox Church
1439:Whareakeake
1349:Sandfly Bay
1344:Saddle Hill
1309:Otago Heads
1222:Deep Stream
1197:Bird Island
1146:Signal Hill
1014:Sawyers Bay
959:Middlemarch
904:East Taieri
899:Company Bay
803:Helensburgh
773:Calton Hill
748:Belleknowes
677:Musselburgh
645:Urban south
585:St Leonards
520:The Gardens
498:Urban north
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43:New Zealand
1884:Categories
1640:Channel 39
1554:Moana Pool
1479:Carisbrook
1399:Taieri Pet
1354:Sandymount
1274:The Kilmog
1054:Whare Flat
1049:Warrington
1034:Waikouaiti
1004:PÅ«rÄkaunui
994:Portobello
974:Ocean View
889:Careys Bay
843:Mornington
758:Brockville
738:Abbotsford
731:Urban west
697:Shiel Hill
667:Kensington
604:Urban east
550:Mount Mera
545:Maori Hill
505:Balmacewen
368:45°47â²24â³S
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314:21 January
223:References
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132:45°47â²52â³S
1659:Education
1650:Speight's
1614:Town Belt
1294:Maungatua
1289:Mapoutahi
1202:Blackhead
1180:Surrounds
1101:Flagstaff
1009:Roseneath
924:Hawksbury
914:Fairfield
909:Evansdale
884:Broad Bay
857:Surrounds
768:Caversham
743:Balaclava
626:Highcliff
595:Woodhaugh
570:Pine Hill
525:Glenleith
464:City Rise
172:in 1991.
1569:Olveston
1334:Rakiriri
1059:Wingatui
1019:Seacliff
999:Pukehiki
949:Karitane
879:Brighton
869:Aramoana
864:Allanton
838:Maryhill
808:Kaikorai
788:Glenross
783:The Glen
763:Burnside
753:Bradford
712:Sunshine
692:St Kilda
687:St Clair
636:Waverley
631:Vauxhall
616:The Cove
555:Normanby
535:Liberton
484:Fernhill
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1859:History
1740:Culture
1232:volcano
1079:Dunedin
1039:Waitati
969:Mosgiel
929:Harwood
874:Berwick
818:Kenmure
778:Concord
662:Forbury
611:Challis
515:Dalmore
425:Dunedin
162:whalers
104:History
39:Dunedin
1791:Sports
1024:Sutton
984:Outram
979:Otakou
964:Momona
939:Hindon
934:Henley
848:Roslyn
722:Tainui
717:Tahuna
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510:Burkes
213:Otakou
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565:Opoho
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540:Maia
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