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Kōrero: Rock and mineral names

Hāpuku River

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Hāpuku River

Greywacke boulders in the Hāpuku River, near Kaikōura. The mountainous catchment is wholly in greywacke, so this is the only rock found as boulders in the river bed.

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Private collection

by Simon Nathan

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Simon Nathan, Rock and mineral names – Local names, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9064/hapuku-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.