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Kōrero: Building stone

Stone wall, Dunedin

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Stone wall, Dunedin

Due to the ready availability of volcanic rock, stone walls are common in the area around the extinct Dunedin volcano. This wall is on a ridge between Pūrākaunui and Port Chalmers; the hill in the background is Mopanui.

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by Mark Walrond

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, Building stone – Igneous rocks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8084/stone-wall-dunedin (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.