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Wairau Bar

View of Wairau Bar, New Zealand.

Wairau Bar in Marlborough is thought to be one of the earliest sites of settlement in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Rights: Fiona Petchey, CC BY-SA 4.0
Published: 22 November 2022Size: 2.69 MB
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