Hare Mare creek

"Hairy Mary" at last!

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December 9th 2012
Our first night in the Maui went well though tonight we are going to set the bed up before it gets dark and definitely before any wine! Slept well and woke at 7.30 ready for the "main" event - the Alpine Fault at Hare Mare Creek. This is an iconic place as it was in this creek that Harold Wellman first identified the Alpine Fault - a major displacement of the crust that runs across New Zealand. ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more