The Big Dig - Clearing the Manawatū Gorge Slip
“The Big Dig” describes the 2011 slip in the Manawatū gorge, giving an insight into repairing such an enormous slip and the scale of the problems that needed to be dealt with.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 September 2014
Reading year level: 5
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: slip, landslide, gorge, Manawatū, road, detour, repairs, geologists, engineers, rocks
The Big Dig: Clearing the Manawatū Gorge Slip
Words by Wayne Erb
“The Big Dig” describes the 2011 slip in the Manawatū gorge, giving an insight into repairing such an enormous slip and the scale of the problems that needed to be dealt with.
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4 of 7Not So Normal
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5 of 7The Ski Trip
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6 of 7The Game
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