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Pukaki
Pukaki was an 18th-century chief of the Arawa iwi of New Zealand.
His portrait appears on the New Zealand 20 cent coin minted from 1990 to 2006.
The name has been used for several New Zealand items:
- Pukaki, one of the volcanic cones of the Auckland volcanic field
- Lake Pukaki, a lake in Canterbury, New Zealand
- Pukaki River, a river in Canterbury
- HMNZS Pukaki, the name used by three ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Usage examples of "pukaki".
Alleyn, stretched luxuriously on a widely-spread tussock, looked across Lake Pukaki to where Aeo-rangi, the cloud-piercer, shone immaculate against the darkening sky.