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TIL about a place with one of the longest names in the world: TaumatawhakatangihangakoauauoTamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahwhich is located 6kms outside of a small village called Porangahau, Central Hawkes Bay, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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