Motatapu River (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Motatapu River is a river in New Zealand, a tributary of the Matukituki River.New Zealand (Aotearoa in M ori) is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Due to its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and introduced mammals.