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Kōrero: Landscapes – overview

Ōamaru

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Ōamaru

The coastal town of Ōamaru sits on alluvial flats and gently rolling limestone country. Cape Wanbrow (upper left) protects the coast from southerly swells, so the town could develop a harbour – now used only by fishing boats.

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Otago Daily Times

by Stephen Jaquiery

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Eileen McSaveney, Landscapes – overview – Otago, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13055/oamaru (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.