In situ and intrusive sandstone in Amuri facies limestone at Te Kaukau Point, southeast Wairarapa, New Zealand

The Teurian (Paleocene) sequence at Te Kaukau Point, southeast Wairarapa, includes light green‐grey, indurated, burrowed, slightly sandy calcilutite. These rocks are interbedded with laminated sandstone, mudstone, and siliceous limestone lithotypes, all of which are cut by intrusive sandstone. A variety of sedimentary structures, including burrows, indicate that the laminated sandstone was deposited conformably within the limestone sequence and is regarded as a turbidity current deposit, which later became overpressured to produce the intrusive sandstone. In terms of age, lithology, and stratigraphic position, the calcilutite at Te Kaukau is equivalent to the Amuri Limestone of the northeastern South Island.