Waipori River

The Waipori River is a river in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Rising in the Lammerlaw Range, it flows southeast for 50 kilometres before joining the Taieri River near Henley, 30 kilometres southwest of Dunedin of which it is officially the southernmost border.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Waipori.

Lake Waipori

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Waipori is the smaller and shallower of the pair of lakes located in the wetlands to the south west of Dunedin in New Zealand on the Waipori River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berwick and Henley.

Berwick

Locality

Photo: DrThneed, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Berwick is a small farming community on the banks of the Waipori River at the southwestern limit of Dunedin city, New Zealand, some 40 kilometres from the city centre. Berwick is situated 2½ km north of Waipori River.

Henley

Hamlet

Photo: Daveosaurus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Henley is a township on New Zealand's Taieri Plains, named after the rowing centre Henley-on-Thames in England. It lies close to the confluence of the Taieri and Waipori Rivers at the eastern edge of the plain, at the foot of a low range of coastal hills. Henley is situated 4 km southeast of Waipori River.

Waihola

Village

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The township of Waihola lies between Dunedin and Milton, New Zealand in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island. It lies close to the southeast shore of the shallow tidal lake which shares its name. Waihola is situated 7 km south of Waipori River.

Waipori River

Latitude

-45.96667° or 45° 58′ south

Longitude

170.11667° or 170° 7′ east

Elevation

-1 metres (-3 feet)

Open location code

4V6G24M8+8M

GeoNames ID

2179991

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