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Moeraki boulders

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Moeraki boulders
The beach between Moeraki and Hampden is littered with distinctive spherical boulders, which have emerged from the nearby mudstone cliffs. Māori tradition describes them variously as kūmara (sweet potato), gourds and eel pots. Moeraki fishing village is in the distance.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – North Otago, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22745/moeraki-boulders (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.