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Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

View of Horowhenua

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View of Horowhenua

Below the foothills of the Tararua Range lie the closely tended Horowhenua landscape, the town of Levin, Lake Horowhenua and the Tasman Sea.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9463/view-of-horowhenua (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.