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The Karekare Falls are a part of the Company Stream, a tributary of the Karekare Stream. [1] The waterfall is 30 m (98 ft) high. [2] The waterfall is accessible by a walking track from Karekare Road, [3] which takes a 10-minute walk. [4] The waterfall is bordered by pōhutukawa trees and nīkau palms. [4]
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Karekare Falls. The track to the base of the Waitakere waterfall—Karekare falls—is a short walk from the road. The track to the top of the falls is now closed to help stop the spread of the incurable Kauri dieback disease. [35] Farley's Boarding House circa 1916
Many of the highest New Zealand waterfalls are in Fiordland National Park in the Southland region of the South Island, and are geographically on the west coast; an area with very high rainfall. Several of the waterfalls empty into fiords off the Tasman Sea: falls into Doubtful Sound - Chamberlain Falls, Helena Falls, Lady Alice Falls.
The Whau River has often been used as a border between western and central Auckland. West Auckland is not a strictly defined area. It includes the former Waitakere City, which existed between 1989 and 2010 between the Whau River and Hobsonville, [2] [3] an area which includes major suburbs such as Henderson, Te Atatū, Glen Eden, Titirangi and New Lynn.
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The waterfall was traditionally known by the Te Kawerau ā Maki iwi as Wairere. [2] The name Mokoroa ("long lizard") refers to a taniwha, Te Mokoroa. [3] The pool beneath the waterfall was traditionally called Te Rua ō Te Mokoroa, or the lair of Mokorua. [2] In traditional stories, the ancestor Taiaoroa is credited with killing Te Mokoroa. [2]