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Kōrero: Active faults

The Wellington Fault

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The Wellington Fault

Extending northwards from Cook Strait (lower left), the active Wellington Fault cuts across the Wellington region and along the western edge of Wellington Harbour and the Hutt Valley.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN20160/18

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Active faults – New Zealand’s longest active faults, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4362/the-wellington-fault (accessed 4 June 2026).

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