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Kōrero: Historic earthquakes

Impact on the coastline

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Impact on the coastline

Long stretches of State Highway 1 were buried under massive slips caused by the Kaikōura earthquake. This section of road reopened 13 months later.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46855/impact-on-the-coastline (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 29 September 2017, updated 1 November 2017.