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2 unusual facts about Maerewhenua River


Kairuku grebneffi

The holotype was collected in 1991 from a drainage area of the Waipati stream, a tributary of the Maerewhenua River.

Kurow Branch

The line had not reached Duntroon; it terminated on the opposite (east) bank of the Maerewhenua River due to bridging difficulties.



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Kurow Branch

Construction commenced in 1879, the Maerewhenua River was bridged on 2 July 1881, and when the Waitaki River was bridged on 7 November 1881 the line was completed to Hakataramea, 1.76 km beyond Kurow by rail on the northern side of the Waitaki.