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Stranded marine life

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Stranded marine life

Sections of the seabed near Kaikōura were raised more than a metre during the Kaikōura earthquake, stranding marine organisms such as pāua and crayfish.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46862/stranded-marine-life (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 11 October 2017, updated 1 November 2017.