Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inlet of the southern Pacific Ocean on the northern coast of North Island, New Zealand.
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Examples
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They own a $1.2 million clifftop home with views of the Hauraki Gulf, which is now for sale, and a $100,000 boat and expensive cars and motorcycles.
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According to TZNZ, researchers in New Zealand found that "14 endangered Bryde's whales found dead in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf in recent years were killed by boats."
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A sail down the harbour proved to be the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron midweek Rum Race on Hauraki Gulf, a full on tooth-and-claw affair, our boat with an internationally renowned skipper, and me a member of a crew of about a dozen.
The Ashes 2010: Virtual Eye takes old battle into an uncertain new age Mike Selvey 2010
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Restaurant offers twilight views of the Hauraki Gulf.
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On their voyage up the Hauraki Gulf, they raided one or two small Maori _hapus_ and carried off another girl, the daughter of the chief Te Haupa, or, as he was better known, Te Totara.
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884
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Now Captain Hobson had seen at the head of the Hauraki Gulf a place which seemed to him to be more suitable for the capital of the future colony.
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880
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He soon had a force of a thousand warriors, whom he embarked on board a fleet of canoes, and took to the southern shores of the Hauraki Gulf, where the Ngatimaru lived, ancient enemies of the Ngapuhi, who, however, felt secure in their numbers and in the strength of their great pah Totara.
History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880
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The winds were up on New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf this week, blasting the same way they pummel San Francisco Bay.
SFGate: Top News Stories Sp datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Paul V. Oliva 2011
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Landing first at the Bay of Islands, he transferred his headquarters to the Hauraki Gulf in September 1840, where he founded Auckland, which remained the capital until 1876, when the seat of Government was transferred to Wellington.
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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Endeavour was now in Hauraki Gulf and had passed the harbour where
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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