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Rangitāiki Plains in flood

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Rangitāiki Plains in flood

Floods in July 2004 caused devastation on the Rangitāiki Plains. The town of Edgecumbe (foreground) was relatively unaffected. But farmland to the east of the river was flooded when the river breached its stopbanks.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Rangitāiki River, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5709/rangitaiki-plains-in-flood (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.