Te Rerekawau Falls (Kaiate Falls)
Te Rerekawau Falls (also known as Kaiate Falls) is actually a set of waterfalls - a three-tiered upper falls and an attractive lower falls. It was also formerly known as Shag Falls because there used to be a shag colony nearby the lower falls, which is probably how it got its Maori name. By the way, shag in this context is a type of cormorant bird that dives from the sky to catch its prey. It is not the Austin Powers interpretation of the word.
[Back to top]  The lower falls
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