
Near the Kaiwhata river mouth, south of Riversdale, are around 20 fossilised tōtara stumps. They were part of a forest that covered the area more than 8,000 years ago, but was drowned by rising sea levels.
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Photograph by Jock Phillips

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31 October 2011
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