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  2. Maori River - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of rivers of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Land Information New Zealand – Search for Place Names; Booker, D.J.; Whitehead, A.L. (2017). "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.

  4. Rivers of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Pelorus River - Wikipedia

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    The river flows east until it enters Pelorus Sound at Havelock. The valley was the site of a massacre of Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō by Te Rauparaha . European exploration and exploitation was begun by Lieutenant Chetwode of HMS Pelorus in 1838, who named both the river and the sound after his vessel. [ 3 ]

  6. Clutha River - Wikipedia

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    The Clutha River (Māori: Mata-Au, officially gazetted as Clutha River / Mata-Au) is the second longest river in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island.It flows south-southeast 338 kilometres (210 mi) through Central and South Otago from Lake Wānaka in the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometres (47 mi) south west of Dunedin.

  7. Wainui River (Manawatū-Whanganui) - Wikipedia

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    The Wainui River is a river of the Tararua District in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises on Mt McCartie and flows approximately 28 km (17 mi) southeast through isolated hill country to reach the Pacific coast at Herbertville, five kilometres west of Cape Turnagain. [1] The name Wainui means large waters.

  8. Waiau Toa / Clarence River - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu - Wikipedia

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    The river was first known by its Māori name of Te Awa Whakatipu, with te awa literally translating as 'the river'. [7] The name Whakatipu is shared with several nearby geographic features, including Lake Wakatipu [a] and Whakatipu Kā Tuka (the Hollyford River) though this name is an archaic term and its original meaning is no longer known. [8]