Waiaua River
Bridge over the Waiaua River south-east of Ōpunake (circa 1910s).
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTaranaki/Mount Egmont
Mouth 
 • location
South Taranaki Bight
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length25 km (16 mi)

The Waiaua River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest from the slopes of Mount Taranaki to reach the Tasman Sea at Ōpunake.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "waters containing herring" for Waiaua.[1] Aua is usually translated as yellow-eye mullet.[2]

See also

References

"Place name detail: Waiaua River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

  1. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "aua". Māori Dictionary. Te Whanake. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links

39°27′45″S 173°51′44″E / 39.46250°S 173.86222°E / -39.46250; 173.86222

South Taranaki District, New Zealand
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