Matata, New Zealand
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Matata is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. The population in the 2001 Census was 666.
It is 24 kilometers to the north-west of Whakatane.
In 2005 the town was indudated by two debris flows sourced in the Awatarariki and Waitepuru Streams. Although the disaster devastated a number of buildings, there were no human casualties. The cause of the debris flows was a band of intense rain (> 2 mm / min) that fell into the catchments southwest of Matata.
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