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Marokopa

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Marokopa

Marokopa sits on the banks of the gently winding Marokopa River, not far from where it drains into the Tasman Sea. The river runs parallel to the coast here and a narrow band of sand dunes separate the river and settlement from the sea.

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country places – West coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34642/marokopa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.