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Bernice Bishop Museum – The Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Honolulu
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Vanuatu Cultural Centre – The local cultural traditional building in Port Vila
The cultural center works to record and promote the diverse cultures” of Vanuatu. It fulfills the role a national body for the preservation, the protection and the
USS Saratoga – The aircraft carrier rests in Bikini Atoll
It built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy’s first aircraft carriers during
Cher – Back to the Battleship in Honolulu
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The Lord of the Rings – The Hobbiton movie Set in Matamata
When Peter Jackson began to look for suitable locations for The Lord of the Rings film series, he first saw the family run farm, Alexander Farm in
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 – The safe landing in Kahului
Flight was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after
Stonehenge Aotearoa – A modern adaptation of the Stonehenge ruins in Carterton
Built by members of The Phoenix Astronomy Society, it was intended to raise money for the Matariki Research Observatory. Stonehenge Aotearoa, opened on 12 February 2005 by
Ahu Tongariki Moai Statues – The monolithic human figures on Easter Island
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Amelia Earhart – The global female pilot disappeared in Howland Island
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Captain James Cook – The end of the British explorer in Hawaii Island
He achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined
Project Mohole – The deep ocean drilling project in Guadalupe Island
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