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The Kaimai Railway Tunnel runs for nearly nine kilometres under the ranges, making it the longest tunnel in New Zealand. Construction of the tunnel started from both sides of the range in 1969, they finally met up in 1976 and the tunnel opened to traffic on 12 September 1978 . Just after 9am on July 4 , 1963 the DC-3 Skyliner ZK-AYZ Hastings crashed into the ranges during a flight from Whenuapai Airport , Auckland to Tauranga. All 25 aboard the flight died, making it the worst air disaster in mainland New Zealand. The Kaimai range is the result of a fault that uplifted what was primarily andesitic rocks from long extinct volcanoes. This fault has not been active for about 140 000 years and started more than a million years ago. |
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