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Manawahe Fault
The Manawahe Fault line is a seismically active area in the Bay of Plenty Region of the central North Island of New Zealand with the potential to be involved with other faults in an event. Geology North of Lake Rotoma, volcanic ignimbrite sheets from multiple eruptions of the Ōkataina Caldera extend towards the Whakatane Graben with the volcanic region being separated from the tectonic Whakatane portion of the Taupō Rift by the Manawahe Fault. The fault continues to east and coast in the Matata Fault line. The Manawahe Fault consists of a series of closely-spaced, mainly SSE-dipping fault traces, which are parallel to the North Rotoma Fault at the edge of the north eastern edge of the Rotoma Caldera. The traces are presumed to merge within of the surface. The Manawahe Fault ruptured immediately prior to the 5500 years ago Whakatane eruption of the Ōkataina Caldera and also ruptured several times, associated with the Rotoma Caldera eruptive sequence, and immediately after th ...
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Manawahe
Manawahe is a rural area south of Matatā within the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is based in hills to the west of the Rangitaiki plain. Demographics Manawahe statistical area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Manawahe had a population of 996 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 108 people (12.2%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census, and an increase of 174 people (21.2%) since the 2006 New Zealand census, 2006 census. There were 381 households, comprising 498 males and 498 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 48.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 159 people (16.0%) aged under 15 years, 126 (12.7%) aged 15 to 29, 546 (54.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 165 (16.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 84.9% European/Pākehā, 21.4% Māori people, Māori, 1.2% Pasifika New Zealanders, Pacific peoples, 2.1% ...
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