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Kōrero: West Coast places

Aerial view of Karamea

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Aerial view of Karamea

The fertile river flats of the Karamea valley provided good farmland for the early settlers in the 1870s. The present urban area, in the centre of the photograph, consists of two settlements along the main road: Karamea closest to the coast and Market Cross further away.

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GNS Science

Reference: 1757/16

by Lloyd Homer

Permission of GNS Science must be obtained before any use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, West Coast places – Karamea, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20947/aerial-view-of-karamea (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.