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Kōrero: Natural environment

Te awa o Waimakariri

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The Waimakariri River

Ka rere ngā awa pērā i te Waimakariri mā Ngā puke-māeroero (Southern Alps). Ka kawea te nui o te para. Nāwai ā, ka hōrapa ko Ngā-pākihi-whakatekateka-a-Waitaha (Canterbury Plains), te mānia nui rawa o Aotearoa (e 750,000 heketea).

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GNS Science

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by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Geography and geology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2649/te-awa-o-waimakariri (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.