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The Moeraki boulders - Roadside Stories

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In Māori tradition the remarkable spherical boulders on Moeraki beach are eel pots -- or baskets of kūmara (sweet potato) washed ashore from the Ārai-te-uru voyaging canoe. To scientists the boulders are concretions, formed around 60 million years ago from sediment and calcite.

Moeraki boulders,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu/4/2

North Otago,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/otago-places/2

Canoes of the South Island,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/8

Kūmara,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kumara



Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way -- its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/

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