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799:New Zealand
251:paraldehyde
247:anaesthetic
164:August 1950
128:Psychiatric
114:Care system
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83:175°20′13″E
70:Coordinates
1407:Categories
1347:Lake Alice
1265:Wellington
1225:Middlemore
1055:Government
990:Lake Alice
940:Lake Alice
853:Ngamahanga
733:"The Lake"
680:8 December
654:8 December
628:26 January
562:8 December
307:References
209:Lake Alice
188:Unofficial
80:40°07′33″S
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1382:Sunnyside
1377:St Helens
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1270:Waitakere
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950:Rātana Pā
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371:1 January
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935:Koitiata
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430:8 August
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182:Website
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373:2009
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