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Pāuatahanui Inlet

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Pāuatahanui Inlet

The Pāuatahanui Inlet is a drowned river valley. State Highway 1 and the main trunk railway cross the inlet at a point locally known as ‘the narrows’.

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by Chris Maclean

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Mana – Paremata to Pukerua Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13507/pauatahanui-inlet (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.