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Buller Gorge landslide

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Buller Gorge landslide

A huge landslide in the upper Buller Gorge swept across the river and up the other side. It blocked the flow of the Buller River, forming a dam upstream for a day before the river cut itself free.

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by Simon Nathan

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1968 Īnangahua earthquake, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4530/buller-gorge-landslide (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 November 2017.