Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara is the Māori name for Wellington Harbour, the large natural harbour that forms the coastal heart of New Zealand’s capital city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Te Whanganui-a-Tara canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17494577 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Context triple: [Wellington Harbour, alsoKnownAs, Te Whanganui-a-Tara]
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Te Whanganui-A-Hei
Te Whanganui-A-Hei is the Māori name for the Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve area on New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula, renowned for its coastal rock formations, beaches, and cultural significance.
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B.
Aotea
Aotea is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) renowned in tribal histories as one of the ancestral vessels that carried Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand.
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C.
Te Awa Tupua
Te Awa Tupua is the Māori name and legal personhood concept for the Whanganui River, embodying it as an indivisible living whole with spiritual and cultural significance to local iwi (tribes).
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D.
Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a major Māori iwi (tribal confederation) of the central North Island of New Zealand, renowned for its rich cultural traditions, historical significance, and strong association with the Rotorua region.
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E.
Whanganui
Whanganui is a historic riverside city on New Zealand’s North Island, known for its Māori heritage, arts scene, and location along the Whanganui River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Target entity description: Te Whanganui-a-Tara is the Māori name for Wellington Harbour, the large natural harbour that forms the coastal heart of New Zealand’s capital city.
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A.
Te Whanganui-A-Hei
Te Whanganui-A-Hei is the Māori name for the Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve area on New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula, renowned for its coastal rock formations, beaches, and cultural significance.
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B.
Aotea
Aotea is a traditional Māori voyaging canoe (waka) renowned in tribal histories as one of the ancestral vessels that carried Polynesian settlers to Aotearoa New Zealand.
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C.
Te Awa Tupua
Te Awa Tupua is the Māori name and legal personhood concept for the Whanganui River, embodying it as an indivisible living whole with spiritual and cultural significance to local iwi (tribes).
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D.
Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a major Māori iwi (tribal confederation) of the central North Island of New Zealand, renowned for its rich cultural traditions, historical significance, and strong association with the Rotorua region.
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E.
Whanganui
Whanganui is a historic riverside city on New Zealand’s North Island, known for its Māori heritage, arts scene, and location along the Whanganui River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.