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Kōrero: Auckland region

Waitematā strata

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Waitematā strata

These cliffs in Takapuna are made of ‘Waitematā strata’ – layers of sandstone and mudstone, as well as volcanic ash, compacted into sedimentary rock over the last 5 million years.

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by Ian Baker

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Landforms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15866/waitemata-strata (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.