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on making a canoe of the said tree, this root of the totara tree being close to the
Opotoru Creek," which formed the W limit of the area. On 6 May a further section of Te Mata land was acquired, making a total of 630 acres. By 1858, 2130 acres of undulating forest land at Te Mata had been secured."
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purchased a small part of Te Mata at the SW corner of the
Whaingaroa Block. The description of its boundaries, as recorded in the Deed of Sale, is worth quoting in part, if only for the quaintness of the wording: In the N the boundary was "the Government-cut line from the Opotoru Creek to the hole
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Geology of the Raglan-Kawhia Area says, "The N-striking faults are evidenced by trends of the Tasman Sea coastline and probably by stream drainages such as that of the Opotoru River c 6 km E of Karioi summit." and "The base, consisting of interbedded conglomerate, sandstone, and locally
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compare this April 2010 photo with the estuary postcard photo of a century before - the 1907 road bridge is in the same position as the 1955 bridge.
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as the official name for the short length of waterway from
Opotoru Creek to Te Mata Strream, replacing both Opotoro River and Opoturu River.
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Geology of the Raglan-Kawhia Area: Institute of
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Mapping residence times in west coast estuaries of the
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Raglan County Hills and Sea: A Centennial History 1876-1976
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192:New Zealand
76:New Zealand
803:Categories
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417:References
355:leptinella
315:mingimingi
165:Basin size
303:mangroves
296:Mt Karioi
455:23 April
381:See also
357:dioica,
331:sea rush
327:remuremu
323:tī kōuka
231:gazetted
67:Location
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265:dug by
256:History
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