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A 2014 article in the Journal of Archaeological Science claimed to have found "New Zealand's oldest shipwreck" in Kaipara Harbour, which the authors dated to the late 17th or early 18th century using radiocarbon and dendrochronological techniques, and suggested the wreck was evidence of further Dutch exploration in the period between Tasman and ...
"NZ River Maps: An interactive online tool for mapping predicted freshwater variables across New Zealand". niwa.co.nz. Christchurch: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Young, David. "Rivers – Types of river. New Zealand's longest rivers". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The Otago gold rush (often called the Central Otago gold rush) was a gold rush that occurred during the 1860s in Central Otago, New Zealand.This was the country's biggest gold strike, and led to a rapid influx of foreign miners to the area – many of them veterans of other hunts for the precious metal in California and Victoria, Australia.
Tauherenikau River, , draining into Lake Wairarapa - 41 km (13 mi) Waiohine River, , a tributary of the Ruamahanga River - 35 km (13 mi) Freshwater River (Stewart Island) - 25 km (15 mi) (longest New Zealand river not in the North or South Island) Waiwawa River - 21 km (13 mi) (longest river on the Coromandel Peninsula)
The longest river in New Zealand is the Waikato River with a length of 425 kilometres (264 miles). The largest river by rate of flow is the Clutha River / Mata-Au with a mean discharge of 613 cubic metres per second (21,600 cu ft/s). [1] The shortest river is claimed to be the Tūranganui River in Gisborne at 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) long. [2]
The Buller River (Māori: Kawatiri) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. [1] The Buller has the highest flow of any river in the country during floods, [2] though it is only the 13th longest river; it runs for 177 km (110 mi) from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport. [3]
The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...
The Arrow River (Māori: Haehaenui) is a short river in Otago, New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Kawarau River, which in turn feeds into the Clutha. The town of Arrowtown lies on the Arrow. A very small amount of gold was discovered by Jack Tewa in the Arrow River in August 1862. [1]