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Kōrero: Coastal erosion

Collapsed cliff

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Collapsed cliff

This fallen cliff at Ōmokoroa Point, in the western Bay of Plenty, illustrates the dangers of building too close to cliff edges, especially where the underlying geology is unstable mudstone. Luckily the seaward side of the road that collapsed had no houses on it.

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Reference: CN3244

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Willem de Lange, Coastal erosion – People, houses, and managing erosion, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6352/collapsed-cliff (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Willem de Lange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.