Matemateaonga Range

May 2015

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May 2015

Whanganui National Park Connecting inland Taranaki with the Whanganui River, the Matemateaonga Range arcs roughly from west to east. In an otherwise complex, deeply-riven landscape, the range’s crest is curiously level – reflecting its origins as an old peneplain. No wonder Maori had a route along it and Europeans planned to build a road over […]
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