Journey of a pebble

Pebbles don’t start off as pebbles. They are formed over a long, long time (sometimes thousands of years) through earth processes called ngawhere | weathering and ngāhorohoro | erosion.

Take a hīkoi | walk down a river and check out the size of the rocks along the way! Use our helpful sediment size chart to help you with your observations.

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