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Fiordland
Also Known As Te Rua-o-te-Moko
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Fiordland is a geographical region in the south-western corner of New Zealand's South Island, home to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion across roughly 12,600 square kilometers of national park. Its Maori name, Te Rua-o-te-Moko, is sometimes translated as the pit of tattooing or the shadowlands. Several of its major fiords carry dual English and Maori names, among them Milford Sound and Piopiotahi, and Doubtful Sound and Patea.
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Fiordland is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland.
Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
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It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands.
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