Rurima Island
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Located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". west of Moutohora Island and Script error: No such module "convert". northwest from the mouth of the Rangitaiki River, the Rurima Rocks are an uninhabited nature reserve owned by the Ngāti Awa iwi.[1] Kiore (Polynesian Rat) were eradicated in the 1980s, and Moutoki Island has long been an outpost for tuatara. The closest settlement is Thornton, about Script error: No such module "convert". upstream from the mouth of the Rangitaiki.
Rurima Island is about Script error: No such module "convert". long, with two bays and sandy beaches on the northwest side. A wide shallow reef, almost a lagoon, stretches north from the pohutukawa-covered island. Snorkelling, diving and kayaking are popular activities here.[2] The wreck of the SS Tasman, holed on the southwest reef in 1921,[3] lies nearby.[4] There is some geothermal activity on and near the islands.[5]
See also
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References
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- ↑ Draft Bay of Plenty Conservation Management Strategy Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Environment Bay of Plenty.
- ↑ Whale and Rurima Islands, Phantom Charters, Whakatane.
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- ↑ Diving White Island, the Volkner Rocks and the Eastern Bay of Plenty, OhopeBeach.info.
- ↑ A. R. Duncan and H. M. Pantin (1969).Evidence for submarine geothermal activity in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 3, 602-606.
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