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Murihiku sediments

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Murihiku sediments

These tilted beds of sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate are at Albatross Point, near Kāwhia Harbour. The beds were deposited in middle Jurassic time, about 160 million years ago.

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Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, Geology – overview – Building a continent, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8306/murihiku-sediments (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney and Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.