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Kōrero: Wellington region

Red Rocks

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Red Rocks

These rocks on Wellington’s south coast are coloured by iron compounds in the rock. The headland in the distance is a haulout (resting place) for bachelor seals – those that have been excluded from mating by a dominant male.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

GNS Science

Reference: CN27547/19

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Chris Maclean, Wellington region – Early Māori history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13193/red-rocks (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Chris Maclean, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.