Toroa (oil Field)
Toroa can refer to: * Northern royal albatross * Southern royal albatross * Toroa (ferry), an Auckland, New Zealand, passenger ferry * ''Toroa'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus in the tribe Erythroneurini * ''Toroa'' (sculpture), a 1989 sculpture by Peter Nicholls in Dunedin, New Zealand * Toroa, captain of the ''Mātaatua ''Mātaatua'' was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the ''Mātaatua'' was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori ...

Northern Royal Albatross
The northern royal albatross or toroa, (''Diomedea sanfordi'') is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross. Etymology ''Diomedea sanfordi'' breaks into ''Diomedea'', referring to Diomedes, whose companions turned to birds, and ''sanfordi'', in honor of Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868–1950), ornithologist, and trustee of the American Museum of Natural History. Taxonomy Albatrosses belong to the family Diomedeidae of the order Procellariiformes, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns, although the nostrils on the albatross are on the sides of the bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between ...
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Southern Royal Albatross
The southern royal albatross or toroa, (''Diomedea epomophora'') is a large seabird from the albatross family (biology), family. At an average wingspan of above , it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross. Recent studies indicate that the southern royal albatross may, on average, be somewhat larger than the wandering albatross in mass and have a similar wingspan, although other sources indicate roughly similar size for the two species and the wandering species may have a larger average (and maximum) wingspan in some colonies.''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, 2nd Edition'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (2008), . Taxonomy Albatrosses belong to family Diomedeidae of the order Procellariiformes, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns; the nostrils of the albatross are on the ...
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Toroa (ferry)
''Toroa'', named for the northern royal albatross, is an ''Albatross''-class passenger ferry that served Auckland, New Zealand. History ''Toroa'' was laid down in early 1924, with it taking 12 months to complete her. She was launched on 25 April 1925, with Mrs J. Fotheringham giving her blessing to the ship. She would begin service that same year in July, primarily travelling between the Devonport and Auckland CBD ferry terminals with her sister ship ''Makora.'' At her peak, she would carry about 20,000 passengers a day. After 55 years of service, she was laid up and was set to be buried in land reclamation work at Westhaven along with ferries ''Korea'', ''Makora'', ''Takapuna'', and ''The Peregrine'', but was saved purchased by the New Zealand Maritime Trust. A volunteer group, the Toroa Preservation Society, worked towards a restoration. ''Toroa'' was towed to Birkenhead Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is o ...
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Toroa (leafhopper)
Toroa can refer to: * Northern royal albatross * Southern royal albatross * Toroa (ferry), an Auckland, New Zealand, passenger ferry * ''Toroa'' (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus in the tribe Erythroneurini * ''Toroa'' (sculpture), a 1989 sculpture by Peter Nicholls in Dunedin, New Zealand * Toroa, captain of the ''Mātaatua ''Mātaatua'' was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the ''Mātaatua'' was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori ...

Erythroneurini
Erythroneurini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with over 200 genus, genera. Genera * ''Aaka'' Dworakowska, 1972 * ''Accacidia'' Dworakowska, 1971 * ''Ahmedra'' Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1979 * ''Aidola'' Melichar, 1914 * ''Aisa (leafhopper), Aisa'' Dworakowska, 1979 * ''Ajika (leafhopper), Ajika'' Dworakowska, 1979 * ''Alerrawia'' Dmitriev, 2016 * ''Alnetoidia'' Dlabola, 1958 * ''Amazygina'' Dietrich & Dmitriev, 2006 * ''Ambara (leafhopper), Ambara'' Dworakowska, 1981 * ''Andrabia'' Ahmed, 1970 * ''Anufrievia'' Dworakowska, 1970 * ''Anzygina'' Fletcher & Larivière, 2009 * ''Arboridia'' Zachvatkin, 1946 * ''Arbosiria'' Dworakowska, 1994 * ''Asianidia'' Zachvatkin, 1946 * ''Assina'' Dworakowska, 1979 * ''Aylala'' Dworakowska, 1994 * ''Aztegina'' Dietrich & Dmitriev, 2006 * ''Bakera'' Mahmood, 1967 * ''Bakshia'' Dworakowska, 1977 * ''Balanda (leafhopper), Balanda'' Dworakowska, 1979 * ''Barinaga'' Dworakowska, 1995 * ''Baya (leafhopper), Baya'' Dworakow ...
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Toroa (sculpture)
''Toroa'' is a 1989 sculpture by New Zealand artist Peter Nicholls (artist), Peter Nicholls. It is located on the foreshore of Otago Harbour in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is part of the collection of Dunedin Public Art Gallery. The work stands in height, and is created from large cuts of wood arrayed so as to represent the wings of an albatross (''toroa'' is the Māori language, Māori word for albatross). Dunedin's Otago Peninsula, visible from the sculpture's site, is the location of the only breeding colony of northern royal albatross, royal albatross on an inhabited mainland. Academic Peter Leech has commented that ''Toroa'' captures "the paradox of flight in that winged ponderousness and spine muscularity of the bird heaving its half ton-ness off the ground in a ruffle of massive feathers." ''Toroa'' was originally created from macrocarpa timber, which was prone to weathering, and was reconstructed in South American purpleheart hardwood in 2020.Gibb, JohnRe-cre ...
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