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On right hand side is fossilised species of the crab Tumidocarcinus giganteus, preserved in a 12-14 million year old mudstone concre... -
Matukutūruru, Wiri Mountain. 1957 view showing terraces and stone walls of a "pre-musket" pā. The ... -
Click here for part 1 , read on for part 2 of the disappearing maunga of Ihumātao....... Otuataua. Like all of the main vol... -
Aerial view looking into steep-sided secondary eruption crater on Te Pane o Mataoho. The small rectangular depressions are rua kūmara (... -
Inspiration for this post, including the title, comes from those who were campaigning for these issues when geological conservation was an ... -
Click here for Part 1 of The Story of Te Pane o Mataoho. Ruamoko Awakened. For part 2, the story of her people, read on.... In part on... -
Exploring the geology around my home in Ōpōtiki and the Eastern Bay of Plenty I have found there is so much to talk about that this pos... -
This piece was originally published in 2019 as "Waioeka, Waters of the weka". However, in response to recent recognition of the c... -
This post was originally published in September 2019. On 9th December 2019 the volcano explosively erupted while 47 people were on the Isl... -
Te Pane o Mataoho, seen from Cornwallis on the Manukau Harbour, this may well be the view seen by Māori as they traversed ...