LAND ACCRETION
MAORIS CLAIM MUDFLATS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February 5. Much interest is being taken in the position of the Rangikohu mudflats, Kaitaia, which were claimed by the Maoris of the Rarawa sub-tribe at a sitting of the Native Land Court in Herekino. The decision, when given, will have a general bearing on all reclaimed land in New Zealand. Possibly because of the weathering of the hills on the west coast, the harbour at Rangikohu is disappearing, and, by px*ocess of gradual accretion, dry land, unaffected even by high tides, is being built up. Though the Rangikohu flats are a particularly apt illustration, the tendency is general on the west coast. The opinion was given that at one time such lands were probably low-lying river valleys which the sea had entered, forming harbours. j A strange point made was that, ' while reclamation is being made possible on the west coast, erosion was to a certain extent taking place on the east coast.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1941, Page 7
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163LAND ACCRETION Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1941, Page 7
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