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	Kaimai Ranges -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Kaimai Ranges is a mountain range located in the (The smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait) North Island of (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand.
		The (additional info and facts about Kaimai Railway Tunnel) Kaimai Railway Tunnel runs for nearly nine kilometres under the ranges, making it the longest tunnel in New Zealand.
		Construction of the tunnel started from both sides of the range in 1969, they finally met up in 1976.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kaimai_ranges.htm (235 words)

	New Zealand Disasters: DC-3 Skyliner ZK-AYZ Hastings - Christchurch City Libraries
		The court found that the pilot had probably thought he was on the eastern (Tauranga) side of the Kaimai Ranges, and had begun his descent to Tauranga Airport from the wrong position.
		The Kaimai Range was known for the strength of the down draughts there.
		The Kaimai crash was the first time helicopters had been used in a search and rescue operation in New Zealand.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Childrens/NZDisasters/ZK-AYZ_Hastings.asp (761 words)

	Te Aroha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Te Aroha is at the centre of a dairy farming community and much of its economic activity is in serving that community.Tourism is also taking off in Te Aroha.
		Close by to the east is the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and the town is overlooked by the 930-metre Mount Te Aroha.
		To the north of the town is the low-lying, swampy land of the Hauraki Plains.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Te_Aroha (164 words)

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		I pulled over not far off the Highway and rang the landowner to confirm it was still ok to go into GD6-31024, and we were instructed to go to his house upon arrival.
		The Kaimai tunnel is approximately 10km long and travels under the Kaimai ranges linking the rail systems in the Bay of Plenty with the rail systems of the Waikato, I understand it is apparently the longest tunnel in the southern hemisphere.
		Although we were close to the entrance to the Kaimai tunnel it wasn't visible, nor was the rail line which was nearby.
	geodashing.gpsgames.org /dashlogs/a/1475.txt (1669 words)

	Kaimai Ranges Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Kaimai Ranges are located in the North Island of New Zealand.
		They separate the Waikato in the west from the Bay of Plenty in the east.
		The Kaimai railway tunnel runs for 9 km under the ranges, making it the longest tunnel in New Zealand.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/k/ka/kaimai_ranges.html (124 words)

	Station to Station Cycle Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is a five day, four night 433km 269 mile tour from Auckland Papakura return passing through thermal areas close to the Kaimai ranges southeast of Auckland.
		This is a great narrow backroad heading south alongside more of the Kaimai ranges on our way to Okoroire.
		On the way we will catch a good view of the Wairere falls on the west face of the ranges.They are the highest watyerfalls in the North Island and drop over the Okauia fault in two stages of 80 and 73 metres.
	www.stationtostationcycletours.co.nz /view.asp?PageNo=12 (609 words)

	Welcome to Kaimai View Motel, Katikati's newest motel. Executive and quality.
		All units have a range of layouts and have full cooking facilities, some with spa baths and separate shower, spa baths and shower over bath and shower only.
		Kaimai View also exhibits original artworks by New Zealand artists in every apartment and room.
		The Bay of Plenty lies east of the Kaimai-Mamaku Ranges and south of the Coromandel peninsula.
	www.pakington.co.nz (706 words)

	Waihi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The nearby resort town of Waihi Beach, ten kilometres to the east, is often regarded as the westernmost point of the Bay of Plenty region.
		To the west are the hills of the Kaimai Ranges.
		Road access from this direction is through the winding Karangahake Gorge road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waihi (264 words)

	EW - Operative Waikato Regional Policy Statement (October 2000)/3 Significant Resource Management Issues, Objectives, ...
		The Eastern Ranges - (Kaimai and Coromandel Ranges) are largely volcanic in origin.
		The ranges make an important contribution to the provision of fresh water in the area.
		On the hill country, dairying on the flat land gives way to dry stock, while in the foothills forestry is increasing and is extensive along the ranges as both protection and plantation forestry.
	www.ew.govt.nz /policyandplans/RPSintro/rps/RPS3.3.5.htm?version=print (259 words)

	Kaimai Ranges Trip report by Clive Sligo and J.McCarvill Trip dated: 26 December 2001- 5 January 2002 For many years I ...
		Kaimai Ranges Trip report by Clive Sligo and J.McCarvill Trip dated: 26 December 2001- 5 January 2002 For many years I have tried to imagine what New Zealand was like before it was changed to suit the purposes of mankind, when the dominant species in the land was avian.
		Raymond had physical ailments ranging from a poisoned toe to shin splints, back pain and numerous lacerations, and to cap it off the antidote the Oban doctor prescribed created stomach problems.
		There are several similar small huts in the Kaimais and it’s a real shame that so few are marked on the region’s maps and DOC seems to be allowing them to deteriorate, although keen local hunters and trampers are trying to maintain them.
	www.actc.org.nz /public_html/Club%27s%20Html/TRIP%20REPORTS%20INDEX/Tripreports/Kaimai%20Ranges.html (2990 words)

	EW - Close Watch on Rivers as Rain Continues
		A total of 400 mm has fallen in the Pinnacles area of the Coromandel in the past 48 hours and is continuing to fall today.
		All the rivers in the Coromandel, Kaimai Ranges and Hauraki Plains have been affected and catchments are saturated.
		The forecast for the next 24 hours is for more heavy rain over the Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges as a conveyor belt of rain continues to come down from the northeast.
	www.ew.govt.nz /newsandevents/mediareleases/mr800338.htm?version=print (237 words)

	> Bay Of Plenty > Accommodation > Katikati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Kaimai View Motel, Katikati is a modern, contempory motel with full cooking facilities in...read more
		Kaimai View Motel, Katikati is a modern, contempory motel with full cooking facilities in every unit.
		The lodge is perfectly located between beautiful Waihi Beach and the ‘Mural Town’ of Katikati, nestling in the foothills of the Kaimai Mountain Ranges.
	www.bayofplentynz.com /Accommodation/Katikati_IDL=240_IDT=178_ID=1079_.html (316 words)

	NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS - KAIMAI AIR CRASH - 1963 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the 3 July 1963 NAC Flight 441 was lost on a flight from Auckland to Tauranga with a loss of 23 lives - 20 passengers and 3 crew.
		Later that night wreckage was spotted in the Kaimai Ranges.
		A memorial to the crash was dedicated on 5 July 2003, the 40th anniversary of the crash.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~sooty/kaimai.html (149 words)

	Waiere Falls, Matamata, Te Aroha, Kaimai Mamaku Tracks Map.: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Wairere Falls set in the bush on the West face of the Kaimai Ranges are the highest water falls in the North Island, drop over the "Okauia" fault in two stages 80 and 73 metres.
		The "Okauia" fault is still active, the valley bottom sinking 2mm per year relative to the scarp, and shows what a slow moving fault can achieve over tens of thousands of years.
		Several kilometres past the bridge where the Kaimai Railway crosses the road, the main road veers to the right, and a sign can be seen pointing to the Waiere falls.
	www.te-aroha.com /TeArohaMountainWetlandTracks/Bush/Wairere/WairereMap.htm (254 words)

	Dean Stringer's Radio Weblog
		I asked if we could fly out and around Ngahinepouri where I grew up, and where my Mum still lives, and this was OK with the instructor, basically we had the 20mins to use up and it didnt really matter where we went.
		I rang Mum before we left to go out to the aero-club to let her know to watch-out for possible out-of-control aircraft in the district at about 1:30pm.
		She told me tonight that she did poke her nose up from the gardening at one point, and even waived, but I was so freeked out keeping the plane on the level I didnt really have time to wave back.
	radio.weblogs.com /0131040 (970 words)

	Natural Environment
		The Kaimai Ranges are considered to be the most outstanding natural feature in the District.
		Native vegetation comprises 15 percent (or 25,062 hectares) of Matamata-Piako of which 11.5 percent (or 20,262 hectares) is held within the Department of Conservation Estate, 12.6 hectares in Council owned reserve and 4,387.6 hectares lies in private ownership.
		Within Matamata-Piako the Kaimai Forest Park comprises an area of 14,670 hectares, and the Kopuatai Peat Dome an area of 5313 hectares (approximately one third).
	www.mpdc.govt.nz /PoliciesPlans/Ourenvironment/Naturalenvironment (709 words)

	MASSEY Magazine Article \| Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the morning of 3 July 1963, a day of thick cloud and driving rain, workers at the Gordon quarry, hard alongside the Kaimai ranges, heard an aircraft engine drone overhead then stop abruptly.
		The plane had flown into a bushed hillside in the Kaimai Range, close by Matamata.
		Kaimai Crash: New Zealand’s Worst Internal Air Disaster documents the loss of ZK-AYZ, the passengers and crew it carried, the rescue operation – which made good use of helicopters – and the court of inquiry that followed.
	www.massey.ac.nz /~wwpubafs/magazine/2003_Nov/stories/reviews.html (1144 words)

	Attractions
		The Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park is made up of two distinct areas, the Kaimai Range and the Mamaku Plateau.
		To visit the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park is to walk through a living museum of ancient and recent history.
		Noah’s Ark for plants: in ancient times the Kaimai Mamaku Range was a Noah’s Ark for plants, riding high above seas of ice and oceans of water.
	www.newzealand.com /travel/trade/destination-info/trade-regions/bay-of-plenty/attractions.cfm (611 words)

	New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
		Occurring from Te Paki south to Pukanui (near Kawhia) in the West and in the northern Kaimai Ranges in the East.
		Over much of its former range it has been heavily logged, such that the best stands now only occur in the Coromandel and Waitakere Ranges, on Great and little Barrier Islands, and in Northland at Waipoua, Trounson, Omahuta, Puketi, Herekino, Warawara and Radar Bush forests.
		Some people believe that the hill and range occurrences, which is where most stands can now be seen, are relictual stands not truly favoured by the species, but merely examples of where it can grow, and of course locations where it was usually left because log extraction was less feasible.
	www.nzpcn.org.nz /vascular_plants/detail.asp?PlantID=2101 (536 words)

	New Zealand kaimai ranges search from New Zealand Tourism Online
		Exploring the Beauty of the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park The Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park is made up of two distinct areas, the Kaimai Range and the Mamaku Plateau.
		It sits on one acre of rural land with stunning views of the inner harbour and the Kaimai Ranges.
		The Kaimai ranges in the background and the rural outlook in the foreground make for a panoramic setting.
	nzto.resultspage.com /nz/kaimai%20ranges (630 words)

	Kaimai Ranges - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kaimai Ranges - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Kaimai Ranges contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Kaimai_Ranges (209 words)

	Bay of Plenty
		Better known for trophy stags, wild boar and superb upland gamebird hunting, these ranges, which divide the East coast from the East Cape region, and Rotorua district, are fairly riddled with all manner of pristine trout delights.
		For the angler seeking peace, solitude and big fish encounters amongst stunning wilderness, the Kaimai/Mamaku Range is for you.
		Having said thisthe highway from Tauranga to the Waikato, crosses the Kaimai Range.
	www.sexyloops.com /articles/bayofplenty.shtml (2389 words)

	DOC- Kaimai-Mamaku
		The western ranges of the Bay of Plenty are a living museum of the regions natural and human history.
		Walks around the Aongatete Outdoor Education Lodge, in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park, take in lovely lowland podocarp-broadleaf forest with a variety of native species.
		enemies.Walks in the area range from a 30-minute stroll to demanding and lengthy tramping.
	www.destinationoutdoors.co.nz /theme3.asp?theme=3 (730 words)

	Farmstay and bed and breakfast accommodation at Beatmoser
		Welcome to beatmoser farmstay and bed and breakfast a swiss chalet style farm house located in the foot hills of the kaimai ranges with views to the ocean
		Beatmoser Farmstay is located 2.5 km north of Katikati, with panoramic views of Tauranga Harbour and the Kaimai hills.
		Katikati is directly in the middle of the famous BAY OF PLENTY where Captain Cook first landed.
	www.beatmoser.com (217 words)

	Tauranga Information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Across the road from the Historic Village is a Golf Driving Range and a Mini Race Track.
		A track over the Kaimai Ranges was used before roads were built.
		State Highway 29 now crosses (at 499m) the Kaimai ranges to provide the link between Tauranga and Hamilton in the Waikato.
	members.tripod.com /harcourts/Tauranga/taurangacity.htm (774 words)

	Matamata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Kaimai tracks are walking tracks in the Kaimai Ranges.
		The easiest of these is a 3 hour return walk to the Wairere Falls (150 metre drop) which you walk along an old Maori track which once provided a trading link over the ranges.
		There are many other walking tracks in the area, providing for all levels of fitness and challenge.
	www.matamata.flexiweb.co.nz (678 words)

	Bay of Plenty District - Waitangi Tribunal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The boundary line stretches inland from Waihi Beach to a point east of Te Aroha, then runs south along the Kaimai Ranges before turning east to Kawerau, keeping north of the Rotorua lakes.
		From Kawerau, the line cuts across the Raungaehe Ranges and then follows the Kahikatea and Huiarau Ranges south to a point north-east of Maungapohatu.
		District 3 is further broken down into three inquiry districts: the north-eastern Bay of Plenty, the eastern Bay of Plenty, and Tauranga moana.
	www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz /inquiries/rangahauawhanui/bayofplenty.asp (140 words)

	DOC- Hut
		The vegetation ranges from lush kohekohe forest in river
		and stream valleys to beech forests on the more elevated dividing ranges, with some scrub
		The park, known as a ‘dinosaur forest, has many tall trees that are centuries
	www.destinationoutdoors.co.nz /icon1.asp?strcat=34 (162 words)

	Jane, Green: Episodic forest mortality in t . . .
		Episodic forest mortality in the Kaimai Ranges, North Island, New Zealand
		Abstract Investigations of the upland vegetation of the Kaimai Ranges have revealed widespread mortality affecting a wide range of species and forest types.
		The mortality is not caused by browsing by introduced mammals, although they can be shown to have slowed recent forest recovery.
	www.rsnz.org /publish/nzjb/1983/5.php (216 words)

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