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Kōrero: Active faults

The Edgecumbe Fault

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The Edgecumbe Fault

Movement on the Edgecumbe Fault during the 1987 Bay of Plenty earthquake offset this section of McCracken Road in Edgecumbe by almost 3 metres.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN10115/37

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Active faults – What is an active fault?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4350/the-edgecumbe-fault (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.