Rēkohu
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Rēkohu is the Moriori name for Chatham Island, the largest island in New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands group and the ancestral homeland of the Moriori people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chatham Island | 17 |
| Rēkohu canonical | 9 |
| Rēkohu (Chatham Island) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7146338 — 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: Rēkohu Context triple: [Moriori, mainIsland, Rēkohu]
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A.
Moutohorā Island
Moutohorā Island is a small, protected volcanic island and wildlife sanctuary off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, renowned for its seabird colonies and ecological restoration.
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B.
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Stewart Island / Rakiura is New Zealand’s third-largest island, renowned for its rugged natural landscapes, abundant birdlife, and opportunities to see the aurora and kiwi in the wild.
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C.
Motuihe Island
Motuihe Island is a small, scenic island in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf known for its beaches, native wildlife, and conservation efforts.
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D.
Ponui Island
Ponui Island is a privately owned, largely pastoral island in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, known for its conservation areas and relatively undeveloped, tranquil character.
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E.
Pararēkau Island
Pararēkau Island is a small tidal island located within Manukau Harbour near Auckland, New Zealand, known for its coastal habitats and limited accessibility.
- 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: Rēkohu Target entity description: Rēkohu is the Moriori name for Chatham Island, the largest island in New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands group and the ancestral homeland of the Moriori people.
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A.
Moutohorā Island
Moutohorā Island is a small, protected volcanic island and wildlife sanctuary off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, renowned for its seabird colonies and ecological restoration.
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B.
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Stewart Island / Rakiura is New Zealand’s third-largest island, renowned for its rugged natural landscapes, abundant birdlife, and opportunities to see the aurora and kiwi in the wild.
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C.
Motuihe Island
Motuihe Island is a small, scenic island in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf known for its beaches, native wildlife, and conservation efforts.
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D.
Ponui Island
Ponui Island is a privately owned, largely pastoral island in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, known for its conservation areas and relatively undeveloped, tranquil character.
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E.
Pararēkau Island
Pararēkau Island is a small tidal island located within Manukau Harbour near Auckland, New Zealand, known for its coastal habitats and limited accessibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancestral homeland
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geographical feature ⓘ island ⓘ |
| administeredAs | part of Chatham Islands Territory ⓘ |
| administeredBy | New Zealand ⓘ |
| ancestralHomelandOf |
Moriori people
ⓘ
linked to:
Moriori
|
| belongsTo | Polynesia region in a broad cultural sense ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | central to Moriori identity and traditions ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 650 km southeast of New Zealand North Island
ⓘ
about 800 km east of New Zealand South Island ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Moriori people
ⓘ
linked to:
Moriori
Māori ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Tuuta Airport ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 900 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversity |
endemic plant species
ⓘ
seabird colonies ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cool oceanic climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineFeature | lagoon Te Whanga ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | habitat for threatened species ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint |
Maungatere Hill
ⓘ
about 299 m above sea level ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAssociation | Moriori language ⓘ |
| hasMainSettlement | Waitangi ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish |
Chatham Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Rēkohu
|
| hasNameInMoriori | Rēkohu ⓘ |
| hasNameInMāori | Wharekauri ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
farming
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Kaingaroa
ⓘ
Owenga ⓘ Te One ⓘ |
| hasSurroundingWaterBody | South Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink |
air services to mainland New Zealand
ⓘ
sea freight connections to mainland New Zealand ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
location of Moriori genocide and enslavement in the 19th century
ⓘ
site of Moriori–Ngāti Mutunga conflict in the 1830s ⓘ |
| indigenousPeople |
Moriori people
ⓘ
linked to:
Moriori
|
| largestIslandOf |
Chatham Islands group
ⓘ
linked to:
Chatham Islands
|
| locatedIn |
Chatham Islands
ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chatham Islands group
ⓘ
linked to:
Chatham Islands
|
| timeZone | Chatham Standard Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Chatham Daylight Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDSTOffset | UTC+13:45 ⓘ |
| timeZoneOffset | UTC+12:45 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rēkohu Description of subject: Rēkohu is the Moriori name for Chatham Island, the largest island in New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands group and the ancestral homeland of the Moriori people.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Maungatere Hill on Chatham Island
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Maungatere Hill on Chatham Island
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