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Manawatu Gorge viewed from a lookout on the Manawatu Gorge Track. The Manawatū Gorge (Māori: Te Āpiti) is a steep-sided gorge formed by the Manawatū River in the North Island of New Zealand. At 6 km (3.7 mi) long, the Manawatū Gorge divides the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges, linking the Manawatū and Tararua Districts.
Because it drained a large catchment, the river had sufficient flow to keep pace with and erode the rising mountains, eventually forming the Manawatū Gorge; other rivers were unable to and were diverted into the Manawatū instead. [8] After exiting the Manawatū Gorge, the river carries rock and sediment down from the mountains.
Manawatū Gorge road, c.1891. Previously, traffic travelling from the east and west of the central North Island [3] used the Manawatū Gorge road, first opened in 1872. [4] The road closed in 2004 and 2015, and also from 2011 to 2012 that lasted more than a year. On 24 April 2017, a slip from the Tararua Range cut off the road. Following more ...
The Manawatū River begins just inside the Hawke's Bay Region, then flows through a deep gorge to the Manawatu Plains before exiting in the Tasman Sea. The river is also unique in New Zealand (and rare worldwide) in that this gorge (the Manawatū Gorge ) is a water gap through recently uplifted rock, causing the river to flow from relatively ...
The road then turns southwest through sparsely settled farmland, crossing several ridges before following the Awakino gorge to reach the coast, which it follows around the North Taranaki Bight. At the Tongaporutu River the highway turns inland to avoid coastal cliffs and climbs over Mount Messenger before descending via the Mimi River valley to ...
The Ballance area includes part of the Manawatū Gorge west of Woodville, including the Ballance Bridge on State Highway 3. [2] The Manawatu Gorge Track extends from Ballance in the east to the outskirts of Palmerston North in the west.
The new system was controlled from a desk in the station building, superseding the two signal boxes required to operate the old system. This coincided with the commissioning of automatic signalling through the Manawatū Gorge, extending the area of responsibility for the Palmerston North CTC over the Palmerston North – Woodville section.
The prevailing westerly winds in the Manawatu-Southern Hawkes Bay region provide a consistent Median Wind Velocity which is the key relevant measure for wind generation as a renewable energy source. Manawatu's flat pastoral lands and in particular the funnel effect created by the Manawatū Gorge , mean the area is well known for being subject ...