Wairoa River
The Wairoa River is located in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It flows north for 45 kilometres before combining with the Wai-iti River to form the Waimea River. This flows into the southern end of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere near Richmond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: River
- Description: river in the south-eastern Tasman district, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitoa River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ernest Rutherford memorial and St Paul’s Church.
Ernest Rutherford memorial
Photo: Alan Liefting, Public domain.
The Ernest Rutherford memorial includes a statue of the New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. It depicts Rutherford as a child, and is located near his birthplace in Brightwater, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hope and Brightwater.
Hope
Town
Hope, previously known as Ranzau, is a small settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand. It lies south of Nelson city, between Richmond and Wakefield.
Brightwater
Town
Brightwater is a town 20 kilometres southwest of Nelson in Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It stands on the banks of the Wairoa River.
Appleby
Quarter
Photo: Enigma28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Appleby is a locality in the Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located around the Waimea River near the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere.
Wairoa River
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.34718° or 41° 20′ 50″ southLongitude
173.12581° or 173° 7′ 33″ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
4VCMM43G+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 1333335682OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2179910Wikidata ID
Q1506836
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wairoa River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wairoa”
- Cebuano: “Wairoa River (suba, lat -41,35, long 173,12)”
- Cebuano: “Wairoa River”
- Dutch: “Wairoa River”
- French: “Wairoa”
- German: “Wairoa River”
- Welsh: “Afon Wairoa”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Wagner’s Field and Wai-iti River.
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