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The Maori River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows from several sources in the Mataketake Range east of Haast , passing through the small Tawharekiri Lakes before becoming a tributary of the Waita River , which flows into the Tasman Sea 15 kilometres north of Haast.
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From 1993 until mid 2013 [2] it also ran many urban bus routes in Christchurch for Canterbury Regional Council.It received praise from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority for being the first bus company in New Zealand to run its entire fleet on a five percent biodiesel blend; [3] some buses run on a higher proportion of biodiesel, [4] but also had two buses ordered off the road ...
The following is a list of rivers in the Wellington Region. The list is arranged in arranged by the location of the river mouth clockwise around the bottom of the North Island.
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 Wairoa River carries large quantities of fine sediment (clays, silts and sands) that cloaks both the bed and the banks of the river. The rate of sediment loss has increased because of changes in land use from native forest to pasture, and forestry and farming land use practices, with current sediment losses estimated to be approximately 240% higher than before human arrival.
The Clarence River (Māori: Waiau Toa; officially Waiau Toa / Clarence River) is a major river which flows through the Kaikōura Ranges in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. At roughly 209 kilometres (130 mi) long, it is the longest river in Canterbury and the eighth longest in New Zealand.
The Firth of Thames (Māori: Tikapa Moana-o-Hauraki) is a large bay located in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the firth of the rivers Waihou and Piako, the former of which was formerly named the Thames River, and the town of Thames lies on its southeastern coast. Its Maori name is Tikapa.