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Arched rock, Tolaga Bay: 2011

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Arched rock, Tolaga Bay: 2011

The arched rock can still be seen at Tolaga Bay, much as Spöring drew it in 1769, with Tolaga Bay itself visible through the arch.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Tolaga Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33501/arched-rock-tolaga-bay-2011 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.