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The Hauraki Plains are a geographical area located in the northern North Island of New Zealand, at the lower end of the Thames Valley. They are located 75 kilometres south-east of Auckland, at the foo
A true-colour image acquired by NASA's Terra satellite, on 23 October 2002. The Hauraki Plains are at the base of the large bay (the Firth of Thames) just to the lower right of centre. Dark green forest outlines the Kaimai Ranges to the east of the plains, and the Hunua and Coromandel ranges, west and east respectively, of the firth.
Control works in the floodplain of the Piako River played a big role in the draining of the Hauraki Plains
Hauraki District
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Hauraki District is a territorial authority governed by the Hauraki District Council within the Waikato region of New Zealand. The seat of the council is at Paeroa.
Hauraki Plains
…existed from 1920 to 1989 and a statistical Area Unit remains. Broadly, the northern and southern parts of the Hauraki Plains are administered by the Hauraki District and the Matamata-Piako District respectively. The alluvial plains have been built up by sediment deposited by the Piako and Waihou rivers, which flow…
Normanby Road, Paeroa, with the former Paeroa Post Office building at left