• Pūkio Stream, formerly Nigger Stream until 2016, is a river in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. It flows from The Candlesticks range of the...
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    Island. Nigger Hill, Niggerhead, and Nigger Stream were renamed Kānuka Hills, Tawhai Hill, and Pūkio Stream, respectively. However, other racially charged...
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  • Māori name for the Carex secta (a tussock grass that grows in the area), Pūkio Stream, was favored instead. The proposed change of name was accepted with the...
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  • (New Zealand) Pūerua River Puhi Puhi River Puhoi River Pukaki River Pūkio Stream Punakaiki River Punakitere River Pungapunga River Puniu River Pupuke...
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    offensive: Niggerhead, Nigger Hill, and Nigger Stream became Tawhai Hill, Kanuka Hills, and Pukio Stream respectively. Likewise, there is pressure to remove...
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  • and Bull Creek. Prior to glaciation the Cox River flowed through the Pūkio Stream valley, discharging into the Esk River, a lower tributary of the Waimakariri...
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  • in the river, but fishing is restricted. Its tributaries include the Pūkio Stream, which prior to the Pleistocene epoch acted as an outlet for the Cox...
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  • the band currently reside in Hampton Park, Melbourne. Current members HP Pukio HP Pukefe (2019–present) HP Lamoney Tupz (2019–present) "M1" did not enter...
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    endemic to New Zealand. It grows in wetlands. Its Māori names include purei, pukio and makura. The genus Carex is Latin for sedge and the species secta means...
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    Massachusetts. Schreiber, Katharina J. and Josue Lancho Rojas (1988,) "Los pukios de Nasca: un sistema de galerias filtrantes.", Boletin e Lima, No. 59: 51-62...
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