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New Zealand's Longest Place Name
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- New Zealand's Longest Place Name
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New Zealand is home the reputedly longest place name in the world, at 126 characters. Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu is located near Porangahau in Hawke's Bay, and it translates to ‘the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, kn...
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- New Zealand History / New Zealand / Archives New Zealand / Road Sign / Goodbye Porkpie / Geoff Murphy / Prop / Maori / Maori Language / Te Reo / 1981
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