Fraser, C. 1910 The geology of the Thames subdivision, Hauraki, Auckland. Wellington: Government Printer. New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 10 136 p.
Abstract: The Thames subdivision of Hauraki, constitutes the south-western portion of the Cape Colville Peninsula and a contiguous part of the southern mainland from which this peninsula springs. The northern or peninsula portion of the area embraces the country drained by all the streams entering the Firth of Thames between Deadman’s Point and the mouth of the Thames River, also the major part of the region drained by the Waiwawa, Ounaroa, and Kaimarama streams flowing into the Whitianga Estuary on the eastern coast-line. The mainland area includes about 179 square miles of the broad flood-plain of the Thames and Piako rivers, extending southward to and a little beyond Paeroa, also an irregular strip of the western slopes of the mountainous country bordering this plain to the eastward. The subdivision comprises the survey districts of Hastings, Thames and Waihou, and covers an area of 385 square miles. (auth/DG)
