Paleogeographic maps

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Earliest Miocene:
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Present:

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References
King, P. R., Naish, T. R., Browne, G. H., Field, B. D., Edbrooke, S. W. 1999: Cretaceous to Recent sedimentary patterns in New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences folio series 1, version 1999.1.

King, P.R. 2000: New Zealand's changing configuration in the last 100 million years: plate tectonics, basin development, and depositional setting. 2000 New Zealand Oil Exploration Conference Proceedings: 132-146. Wellington, Ministry of Economic Development.

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