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A small aviation museum is also based there, signifying the importance that aviation has played in developing the economic wealth of the island group.
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1238:Forty-Fours
1144:Waimakariri
1089:Hobsonville
1079:Dawson Farm
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1012:Waihi Beach
927:Pitt Island
832:Jacks Point
787:Franz Josef
777:Fox Glacier
634:North Shore
589:Hawke's Bay
514:New Zealand
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301:New Zealand
153: /
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128:Coordinates
1554:Categories
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1355:Rangiwheau
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1298:Sugar Loaf
1288:South East
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1174:Statistics
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543:Wellington
538:Queenstown
458:5 February
406:References
398:Wellington
345:Wellington
325:and later
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1431:Port Hutt
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372:Airlines
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312:Safe Air
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248:Bitumen
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718:General
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574:Dunedin
223:Length
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77:Summary
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1457:Owenga
1268:Rabbit
1228:Castle
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872:Mercer
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674:Timaru
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242:1,850
239:05/23
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90:Owner
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807:Gore
460:2018
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