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Pāuatahanui Inlet

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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Chris Maclean, 'Wellington places - Mana – Paremata to Pukerua Bay', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/13507/pauatahanui-inlet (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Chris Maclean, updated 1 Mar 2016