• Joseph Auga Matamata (born 1953 or 1954) is a New Zealand-based Samoan chief and slave trader. He is the first person in New Zealand to be convicted of...
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    Matamata (Māori: [ˈmataˌmata]) is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known...
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    Mata mata (redirect from Testudo matamata)
    The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata) is a South American species of freshwater turtle found in the Amazon basin and river system of...
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    officer in the American Revolution, and son of burgess William Massie. Joseph Matamata (born 1953/4), Samoan chief convicted in New Zealand of enslaving fellow...
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    Council. The 1938 Council Chambers is now a Category 2 listed building. Matamata-Piako District Council took over under the 1989 local government reforms...
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    1860s saw an influx of European settlers to the area between Te Aroha and Matamata, and on 13 December 1873 a settler from Auckland, Thomas Morrin, purchased...
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    cider apple. Cooking (pies), eating, cider Use January–June Royal Gala Matamata, New Zealand Discovered 1971, introduced 1974 Mutation of Gala. Flesh is...
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  • State 9 41 [87] 1941 1941 St Joseph's Catholic School (Matamata) 1–8 Coed Matamata State integrated 3 32 - 1947 1947 St Joseph's Catholic School (Morrinsville)...
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    had an elaborate Hobbiton film set built on the Alexander sheep farm at Matamata in New Zealand for his The Lord of the Rings film series. It included a...
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    Mosgiel /ˈmɒzɡiːl/ (Māori: Te Konika o te Matamata) is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre...
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