Maruia Falls
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The waterfall was created by an earthquake in 1929. Although the earthquake dropped the bed of the lower part of the river by less than a metre, erosion and subsidence has caused the falls to now attain a height of some ten metres.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruia_River
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Coordinates: 41°51'36"S 172°15'6"E
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