... heads (e.g., Hayward, 1976b , 1977 ). Hornibrook & Schofield (1963) recognised three, stratigraphically-constrained, foraminiferal zones within the Meremere Subgroup in the southern part of the basin. These biofacies reflect the transgressive nature of the sections rather than an age...

... Downs landslides, the obviously visible basal Waitemata Group is the Waikawau Sandstone (of the Meremere Subgroup). The Waikawau Sandstone is a pale grey, massive to well-bedded, fine- to medium-grained sandstone, and represents a bathyal submarine-fan and basin-floor facies. A sharp erosional contact...