Richard William Pearse was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew. Ambiguous statements made by Pearse himself make it difficult to date the aviation experiments with certainty. In a newspaper interview in 1909, with respect to inventing a flying machine, he said "I did not attempt anything practical with the idea until 1904".
Picton is a town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, 25 km (16 mi) north of Blenheim and 65 km (40 mi) west of Wellington. Waikawa lies just north-east of Picton and is considered to be a contiguous part of the Picton urban area.
Waitohi, Waitohi Flat and Upper Waitohi are small farming centres from 5 to 16 km west of Temuka and north of the Opihi river, South Canterbury in New Zealand. They are about 20 km north of Timaru.
The Hurunui River is the fourth largest of the four principal rivers in north Canterbury, New Zealand, with a catchment area of 2,670 square kilometres (1,030 sq mi). The river flows from the eastern side of the Southern Alps, to the Pacific Ocean.
Winchester is a small town in the South-Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Winchester is 6.9 kilometres north of Temuka and 51 kilometres southwest of Ashburton.
Lake Wainamu is a small lake near Te Henga in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is located south-west of Lake Kawaupaka.
The Waitohi River is a river of the north Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It initially flows northeast from its origins in the Puketeraki Range 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Lake Sumner before turning eastwards to reach the Hurunui River at the settlement of Hurunui.
Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.
Sabatinca heighwayi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 and is endemic to New Zealand. It can be found north of Lewis Pass in the north west of the South Island. Adult moths are on the wing from late September until the middle of January. The host of the larvae of this species is the foliose liverwort Plagiochila circumcincta.
Pasiphila fumipalpata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Pasiphila furva is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Pasiphila rubella is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Pasiphila lunata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Pasiphila urticae is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Pasiphila melochlora is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Pasiphila nebulosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Pasiphila punicea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Pasiphila rivalis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Pasiphila semochlora is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
Milford Huts is a bach community in the Timaru district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Milford Huts is on the northern side of the Ōpihi River mouth, 7.5 kilometres southeast of Temuka by road.
