Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island)

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geographic region historical region

The Cook Strait region is the area of New Zealand encompassing the southern part of the North Island and the northern part of the South Island, separated by the Cook Strait and historically significant as an early colonial administrative zone.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) canonical	1
Nelson region (via Tasman Bay access)	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Cook Strait ⓘ South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ
capitalCity	Wellington ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
containsAirport	Blenheim Airport ⓘ Kapiti Coast Airport ⓘ Nelson Airport ⓘ Wellington Airport ⓘ surface form: Wellington International Airport
containsCapitalOf	New Zealand ⓘ
containsCity	Blenheim ⓘ Nelson ⓘ Palmerston North ⓘ Picton ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
containsFerryPort	Picton ferry terminal ⓘ Wellington ferry terminal ⓘ
containsFerryRoute	Bluebridge route ⓘ Interislander ferry ⓘ surface form: Interislander route Interislander ferry ⓘ surface form: Wellington–Picton ferry route
containsHarbour	Picton Harbour ⓘ Port Nelson ⓘ Port Nicholson ⓘ Wellington Harbour ⓘ
containsIsland	D’Urville Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Kāpiti Island ⓘ surface form: Kapiti Island Mana Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Matiu / Somes Island ⓘ surface form: Matiu / Somes Island Mākaro / Ward Island ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Seaward Kaikōura Range ⓘ surface form: Kaikōura Ranges Richmond Range ⓘ Rimutaka Range ⓘ Tararua Range ⓘ
containsNationalPark	Abel Tasman National Park ⓘ Kahurangi National Park ⓘ Nelson Lakes National Park ⓘ Rimutaka Forest Park ⓘ Tararua Forest Park ⓘ
containsRegion	Horowhenua District NERFINISHED ⓘ Kāpiti Coast District ⓘ surface form: Kapiti Coast District Marlborough Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasman District NERFINISHED ⓘ Wairarapa ⓘ Wellington Region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Canterbury ⓘ
containsSound	Marlborough Sounds ⓘ
containsStrait	Cook Strait ⓘ
containsTown	Carterton District ⓘ surface form: Carterton Featherston ⓘ Greytown ⓘ Havelock ⓘ Kaikōura ⓘ Kapiti Coast ⓘ surface form: Kapiti Levin ⓘ Masterton ⓘ Paraparaumu, New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Paraparaumu Seddon ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
hasPart	northern South Island ⓘ southern North Island ⓘ
historicalEvent	New Zealand Company settlements at Wellington and Nelson ⓘ early inter-island shipping and ferry services development ⓘ selection of Wellington as capital of New Zealand ⓘ
historicalUse	early New Zealand Company settlement area ⓘ early colonial administrative zone ⓘ
indigenousPeople	Māori ⓘ
knownFor	Māori settlement and navigation ⓘ early European colonisation ⓘ ferry crossings between North and South Islands ⓘ rough seas in Cook Strait ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
locatedIn	New Zealand ⓘ
majorRailRoute	Main North Line ⓘ North Island Main Trunk ⓘ Wairarapa Line ⓘ
majorTransportRoute	State Highway 1 ⓘ State Highway 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Highway 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Highway 63 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Cook Strait ⓘ James Cook ⓘ
separatedBy	Cook Strait ⓘ
timeZone	New Zealand Standard Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	New Zealand Daylight Time ⓘ
traditionalIwi	Ngāi Tahu iwi ⓘ surface form: Ngāi Tahu Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō ⓘ Ngāti Koata ⓘ Ngāti Kuia ⓘ Ngāti Raukawa ⓘ Ngāti Toa Rangatira ⓘ Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua ⓘ surface form: Rangitāne Te Āti Awa ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province → appliesToTerritorialExtent → Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) ⓘ

Cook Strait → hasMajorTownOnShore → Cook Strait region (southern North Island and northern South Island) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nelson region (via Tasman Bay access)