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Line 1: {{Short description\|Seismic formation event}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}} {{inline citations\|date=July 2017}} The '''~~Kaikoura~~Kaikōura Orogeny''' is a [[New Zealand]] [[orogeny]] that has given birth to the [[Southern Alps (New Zealand)\|Southern Alps]]. It began 25 million years ago along the [[Alpine Fault]]. In this orogeny, the [[Southern Alps (New Zealand)\|Southern Alps]] are being formed because the [[Pacific Plate]] is colliding with the [[Australian Plate]], with a predominant oblique [[dextral]] motion, but a minor component of thrust faulting. As the plates collide, the crust thickens, with deformation and associated uplift due to [[isostacy]] occurring primarily within the Pacific Plate. Line 20 ⟶ 21: [[Category:Cenozoic orogenies]] ~~{{tectonics-stub}}~~ {{~~NewZealand~~orogeny-stub}} {{NewZealand-geo-stub}} {{regional-geology-stub}}