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unusual facts about North Island, Batanes



2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group A

In a game that is colored by the killing of the Philippine Coast Guard to a Taiwanese fisherman at the waters near Batanes, and the subsequent withdrawal of invitation from the 2013 William Jones Cup by Taiwanese to the Philippines, which were defending champions, Chinese Taipei banked on Lu Cheng-ju and Lin Chih-chieh to defeat the Filipinos to win the group.

Acaena juvenca

Acaena juvenca is a species of perennial plant found in scrubland and forest margins up to an altitude of 1200 m on the eastern side of both North and South Islands, New Zealand.

Asplenium oblongifolium

A. oblongifolium is found on the North, South, Chatham and Kermadec Islands, and is found from the coast to the mountains.

Australian barracuda

The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena, found between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in semiprotected areas.

Blechnum fluviatile

It was collected by William Colenso in December 1841, at the precise locality of woods near Poverty Bay in the North Island.

Brown-eared Bulbul

The Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) is a medium-sized bulbul which is found from the Russian Far East (including Sakhalin), northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, south to Taiwan and the Babuyan and Batanes island chains in the north of the Philippines, occasionally being found on Luzon.

Cassiculus venustus

The flax ladybird (Cassiculus venustus) is a species of ladybird beetle that is native to New Zealand, being found at least in the North Island.

Concretion

Very similar concretions, which are as much as 3 meter (9 ft) in diameter and called "Koutu Boulders", litter the beach between Koutu and Kauwhare points along the south shore of the Hokianga Harbour of Hokianga, North Island, New Zealand.

Coprosma macrocarpa

The shrub is naturalised in the northern part of the North Island and around Wellington.

Coprosma spathulata

An example occurrence of this species is within the Hamilton Ecological District on North Island within a forest dominated by nothofagus and rimu, where understory associates include Blechnum discolor and Doodia media.

Itbayat, Batanes

The municipality's jurisdiction includes not just the island of Itbayat, the largest of the Batanes Islands, but also the rest of the northern islands of the group: Diogo, Siayan, Mabudis, North, and Y'ami Islands, the northernmost island of the Philippine archipelago.

Kaimanawa horse

The first horses were introduced to New Zealand by Protestant missionary Reverend Samuel Marsden in December 1814, and wild horses were first reported in the Kaimanawa Range in central North Island of New Zealand in 1876 .

Lakes of Rotorua

The region around the city of Rotorua, in New Zealand's North Island, contains several lakes.

Large kelpfish

The large kelpfish, Chironemus marmoratus, is a kelpfish of the genus Chironemus, found in southern Australia, and between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in depths down to 30 m.

Mahoenui

Mahoenui is a small community in the western North Island of New Zealand, on the Awakino River, near Piopio and Te Kuiti.

Mākaro / Ward Island

Mākaro/Ward island is one of the three small islands in Wellington Harbour, at the Southern end of the North Island, New Zealand.

Metrosideros carminea

It occurs in coastal and lowland forest from Te Paki in the north of the North Island south to Mahia Peninsula and Taranaki.

Mount Cook Group

Originally providing services to the Aoraki/Mt Cook region of the South Island, the company grew to take over many other New Zealand bus companies: H&H of Invercargill, Luxury Landlines and Hawkes Bay Motor Co of the North Island.

Muehlenbeckia astonii

astonii is found only at the southern tip of the North Island (Palliser Bay) and on the eastern side of the South Island from northern Marlborough to Birdlings Flat at the south-west edge of Banks Peninsula.

NZR KB class

Following the success of the K class in the North Island, there was a need for similar locomotives to operate the Midland Line, primarily between Springfield and Arthur's Pass.

One-spot puller

The one-spot puller (in New Zealand) or brown puller (in Australia), Chromis hypsilepis, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found off south-east Australia and between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts.

Oscar Natzka

Born as Franz Oscar Natzke (as he was sometimes credited earlier in his career) at Wharepuhunga, North Island, New Zealand, he was the son of August Natzke (a native of Brixen, a German-speaking part of Italy), who had emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Otorohanga, and Emma Carter Natzke, of Christchurch, New Zealand, who was a singer.

Pacita Abad

The Fundacion Pacita Batanes Nature Lodge in Basco, Batanes, "was lovingly refurbished by her brother", Butch Abad.

Phoebe Veitch

Mrs Blight noted that Mrs Veitch was having difficulty bringing up both of her children and had intended to send her daughter to Fielding, a northern settlement in the Manawatu district in the North Island of New Zealand.

Polymastia lorum

It is only known from a single specimen found attached to a dead Glycimeris valve on a reef near Ohinau Island, one of the Mercury Islands off North Island, New Zealand.

Reef starfish

Found throughout New Zealand, S. australis is a keystone species in both the North and South Islands, playing an important role in mussel predation.

Rhopalostylis

R. sapida, known as the nikau palm, is the only palm native to mainland New Zealand, and is found in lowland forests on the North Island, in coastal areas of the South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula, and on the Chatham Islands at 44°S.

Richard Spratly

He left port again in June 1838 for a much longer journey, stopping and returning to various ports including the Cape of Good Hope, Celebes and North Island.

Sabtang, Batanes

Sabtang is the southernmost island municipality of the Batanes island group which is composed of Sabtang Island and two nearby smaller islands: Ivuhos and Dequey.

Seychelles Coast Guard

In May 2011, the SCG helped to protect the privacy of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their honeymoon on the North Island.

Signals intelligence operational platforms by nation

As of 2013, New Zealand has two ground-based signals intelligence stations at Tangimoana in the North Island's Manawatu-Wanganui region and the Waihopai Valley in the South Island's Marlborough region.

SS Talune

In 1925 the ship was hulked, and in November of that year was filled with rocks and scuttled to form the foundation of a breakwater at Waikokopu, a small port in northern Hawke Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Structure of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Most of the RNZAF's operational and training units are stationed at RNZAF Base Auckland and RNZAF Base Ohakea in the North Island.

Thomas Bracken

It has also been suggested that "Pacific’s triple star" simply means the three main islands of New Zealand -- Northern, Middle and Stewart as they were referred to at that time.

Waikare River

Waikare River is the name of two rivers in the North Island of New Zealand.

Waiorongomai River

Waiorongomai River is the name of two rivers in the North Island of New Zealand.

Waipapa River

Waipapa River is the name of three rivers in New Zealand's North Island.

Waitangi River

Waitangi River is the name of two rivers in the far north of New Zealand's North Island.

Wellington Hospital, New Zealand

The Hospital is a tertiary referral centre for the lower half of the North Island and the upper half of the South Island, including the Chatham Islands.

Whirinaki River

Whirinaki River is the name of two rivers in New Zealand's North Island.

Yellow moray

The yellow moray, Gymnothorax prasinus, is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in southern Australia and between North Cape and the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand.

Zealandopterix zonodoxa

It is known from the northern North Island of New Zealand, from Te Paki south to Puketitri, Hawkes Bay and including Poor Knights, Little Barrier and Great Barrier Islands.


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