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collaborated on the construction of a 83-metre footbridge, which took 15 weeks to build, opening on 15 September 1990. It provided public access to the Tasman Forest Accord Scenic
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log and paddled across the lake to where flowed into the KÅtukuwhakaoka, which
Rochfort named the "Arnould River". The name "Arnould" appears on maps in the 1860s, but from 1865 onwards the river was usually spelled "Arnold". Rochfort attempted to survey the "Arnould River" by canoe, but it was
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