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Rangatira is most famous for being the habitat for the endangered
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434:. Department of Conservation.
432:Rangatira (South East Island)
258:, the flightless rove beetle
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604:Forty-Fours
481:18 November
280:black robin
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664:Sugar Loaf
654:South East
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351:References
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716:Rangituka
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644:Sail Rock
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614:Mangere
599:Chatham
417:28 July
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194:History
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