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Settlement in Gisborne District, New Zealand
Photo: Ringer, James Bruce, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Matawai is a very small settlement on State Highway 2 in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand. It is on the upper reaches of the Motu River, which flows into the eastern Bay of Plenty, and is about half-way between Gisborne and Opotiki.
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20 pitch non-powered DoC campsite with flush toilets and water from a stream.
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