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and the word illustrates several major features of the southern dialect. First we must restore the truncated final vowel (in this case to both parts of the name, 'kilimogo'). Then substitute r for l, k for g, to obtain the northern pronunciation, 'kirimoko'.... Though final vowels existed in Kāi Tahu
84:. Most of the road is three lanes, with two lanes for uphill traffic on each side of the hill, and a passing lane for southbound traffic on a relatively flat alignment near the summit. The highway is sometimes closed by snow in winter. 65:, and reaches its highest point at the 431 m (1436 ft) Hammond Hill, close to the farming community of Merton. A second peak, Porteous Hill, lies at the southern end of the Kilmog, rising to 395 m (1317 ft). 140:
A narrow winding scenic alternative route bypassing the Kilmog follows the coast past the settlements of Warrington and Seacliff, but this is of a relatively poor standard and is not recommended for heavy vehicles.
76:. In the five kilometre stretch from Evansdale, at the northern end of Blueskin Bay, SH1 climbs from sea level to an altitude of 300 m — the highest point on the highway south of 87:
The area is sparsely inhabited; other than farms around Merton only the coastal stretch is inhabited, with a string of small settlements stretching along the coast from
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The name is better known as that of a steep stretch of State Highway 1, where this main state highway traverses a section of these hills between
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and south of Karitane. Technically more a series of hills than a single hill, it lies between the south branch of the
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Dunedin: Otago Heritage Books. p. 45: This hill ...has a much debated name, but its origins are clear to
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dialect, the elision was so nearly complete that pākehā recorders often omitted them entirely.
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The hill's name, though occasionally disputed, is widely believed to be a corruption of the
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was structurally affected, and to the replacement of a railway tunnel on the
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on Kāti Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki website, viewed 2012-01-04
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Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.
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tree used by early Māori for brewing a kind of tea.
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Index

Kilmog
Māori
Dunedin
State Highway 1
Blueskin Bay
Waikouaiti River
Pacific Ocean
Waitati
Waikouaiti
Amberley
Canterbury
Warrington
Puketeraki
Seacliff
basaltic
peneplain
Cretaceous
schist
sandstone
quartz
Robert Lawson
Seacliff Lunatic Asylum
South Island Main Trunk
Southern Māori
mānuka
Place names
Archived
Wayback Machine
ISBN
0-478-09521-X

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