The Makuri Stream is a tributary of the
Pātea River, in the upper catchment among the eastern
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ...
hill country. The Makuri catchment falls entirely within the
Stratford district, and takes in the settlements of
Huinga,
Huiroa and
Kiore
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, a ...
.
Geography
The valley floor lies between above sea level, most of which was originally
swamplands but is now reclaimed pasture. Rising on each side of the Makuri Stream are often precipitous
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
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greywacke
Greywacke or graywacke (German ''grauwacke'', signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments or lit ...
ridges which vary in height from approximately in elevation to the peaks of the Mangaotuku and Tarerepo trigs, respectively.
Access
The Makuri Valley has three different points of access from the populated west. The southern end of the valley where the stream meets the
Pātea River is accessed via
Toko
Toko is a small rural settlement 10 kilometres east of Stratford, New Zealand, at the intersection of East Road ( State Highway 43) and Toko Road. It is located on a railway, the Stratford–Okahukura Line, the western portion of which was o ...
Road and the settlement of
Huinga.
State Highway 43 crosses the Makuri valley between the
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...
and
Strathmore Saddles, where Walter Road gives access to the Makuri valley to the north, and
Mangaotuku Road gives access to the south. The upper parts of the catchment are reached via
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...
Road and the settlements of
Huiroa and
Kiore
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, a ...
.
Land use
Nearly all of the catchment is cleared of
bush, and is farmed predominantly as
sheep
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated ...
and
beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus'').
In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantit ...
units.
Stratford District, New Zealand
Rivers of Taranaki
Rivers of New Zealand
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