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Pureora, central North Island, New Zealand"
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1470:1 January
1401:1 January
1367:1 January
1338:1 January
1283:1 January
1255:1 January
1230:1 January
1202:1 January
1143:1 January
1112:1 January
1042:1 January
861:Sika deer
784:kahikatea
275:subfossil
210:Rangitoto
204:Geography
1656:Pouākani
938:See also
847:, kūkū (
845:kākāriki
839:and the
830:invasive
757:(60.85)
222:Te Kūiti
169:podocarp
106:175°32′E
70:Location
1319:Bibcode
871:Tourism
865:possums
855:), and
755:1,545.8
752:(4.31)
747:(4.10)
742:(4.32)
737:(7.04)
732:(7.29)
727:(5.78)
722:(6.39)
717:(5.59)
712:(5.39)
707:(3.28)
702:(2.98)
697:(4.38)
687:(15.8)
682:(28.6)
677:(27.1)
672:(23.5)
667:(20.7)
662:(17.8)
657:(15.8)
652:(18.5)
647:(18.0)
642:(21.6)
637:(23.9)
632:(28.0)
627:(27.5)
617:(43.1)
612:(48.6)
607:(44.1)
602:(42.1)
597:(39.0)
592:(36.9)
587:(35.8)
582:(37.4)
577:(40.5)
572:(43.7)
567:(47.8)
562:(51.3)
557:(50.0)
547:(51.1)
542:(57.0)
537:(52.7)
532:(49.8)
527:(46.6)
522:(43.9)
517:(42.4)
512:(43.9)
507:(47.8)
502:(52.2)
497:(57.0)
492:(60.6)
487:(59.5)
477:(59.1)
472:(65.5)
467:(61.3)
462:(57.4)
457:(54.0)
452:(50.9)
447:(49.3)
442:(50.5)
437:(55.0)
432:(60.6)
427:(66.4)
422:(69.8)
417:(69.1)
407:(86.0)
402:(82.0)
397:(81.1)
392:(75.0)
387:(71.1)
382:(65.1)
377:(60.4)
372:(61.7)
367:(69.1)
362:(75.0)
357:(85.1)
352:(85.6)
347:(86.0)
285:Climate
226:Waikato
183:History
163:in the
103:38°37′S
88:Rotorua
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1423:20 May
1419:. NIWA
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853:pigeon
849:kererū
814:road.
808:toetoe
804:kamahi
800:totara
798:, and
298:Month
279:pumice
177:totara
1395:(PDF)
788:matai
750:109.5
745:104.2
740:109.8
735:178.7
730:185.2
725:146.9
720:162.3
715:142.1
710:136.8
695:111.3
337:Year
1596:2011
1571:2011
1531:2011
1506:2011
1493:ISBN
1472:2011
1447:2024
1425:2024
1403:2011
1369:2011
1340:2011
1285:2011
1257:2011
1232:2011
1204:2011
1176:2022
1145:2011
1114:2011
1044:2011
1031:ISBN
1007:2022
985:2017
841:kākā
828:The
812:SH30
796:rimu
792:miro
778:and
776:tawa
705:83.2
700:75.8
685:−9.0
680:−1.9
675:−2.7
670:−4.7
665:−6.3
660:−7.9
655:−9.0
650:−7.5
645:−7.8
640:−5.8
635:−4.5
630:−2.2
625:−2.5
560:10.7
555:10.0
545:10.6
540:13.9
535:11.5
500:11.2
495:13.9
490:15.9
485:15.3
475:15.1
470:18.6
465:16.3
460:14.1
455:12.2
450:10.5
440:10.3
435:12.8
430:15.9
425:19.1
420:21.0
415:20.6
405:30.0
400:27.8
395:27.3
390:23.9
385:21.7
380:18.4
375:15.8
370:16.5
365:20.6
360:23.9
355:29.5
350:29.8
345:30.0
334:Dec
331:Nov
328:Oct
325:Sep
322:Aug
319:Jul
316:Jun
313:May
310:Apr
307:Mar
304:Feb
301:Jan
220:and
212:and
142:1978
131:Area
1558:doi
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610:9.2
605:6.7
600:5.6
595:3.9
590:2.7
585:2.1
580:3.0
575:4.7
570:6.5
565:8.8
530:9.9
525:8.1
520:6.6
515:5.8
510:6.6
505:8.8
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