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Rakiura /ˈrɑːkɪʊrə /noun NZ Maori name for Stewart Island. he visited Rakiura to research the whaling station that flourished in the 1920s...- There is a five day, four night, guided walk on Rakiura.
- However the real jewel, situated even further south, is a very small island, known as the anchor of New Zealand, called Rakiura or Stewart Island.
- Flying to New York and noting the inevitable differences, he proposed Manhattan and Rakiura as opposites and worked with that dissonance rather than with the original site.
Origin Mid 19th century: Maori, literally 'glowing sky'. |