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Waimakariri River

The Waimakariri River is one of the largest rivers in Canterbury, on the eastern coast of New Zealand's . It flows for 151 kilometres in a generally southeastward direction from the across the to the Pacific Ocean.
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Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklands Lagoon and Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve.

Lake
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
is an elongated estuary near . The drains into it and it is at the mouth of the Waimakariri river.

Park
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park.

School
is a state co-educational secondary school located in , in the of New Zealand's South Island. The school serves 1040 students from Years 9 to 13 as of July 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brooklands and Kainga.

Hamlet
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the northernmost suburb of , New Zealand. The settlement was built on former swamp land adjacent to , which forms part of the Waimakariri River mouth.

Village
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement on the southern bank of the Waimakariri River, just north of , in Canterbury, New Zealand. It lies immediately to the south of , on a small road leading northeast from State Highway 1.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small rural community in the , New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "sky eater" for .

Waimakariri River

Latitude
-43.3993° or 43° 23′ 58″ south
Longitude
172.68252° or 172° 40′ 57″ east
Open location code
4V8JJM2M+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 85688434
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2180201
Wiki­data ID
Q1535123
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Waimakariri River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر فايماكاريري”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Waimakariri”
  • Cebuano: “Waimakariri River”
  • Chinese: “怀马卡里里河”
  • Chinese: “懷馬卡里里河”
  • Danish: “Waimakariri River”
  • Dutch: “Waimakariri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وايماكاريرى”
  • Finnish: “Waimakariri”
  • French: “Waimakariri”
  • German: “Waimakariri River”
  • Gujarati: “વાઇમકારીરી નદી”
  • Hebrew: “ואימאקארירי”
  • Italian: “Waimakariri”
  • Japanese: “ワイマカリリ川”
  • Kölsch: “Waimakariri Floss”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaimakariris”
  • Manipuri: “ꯋꯥꯢꯃꯀꯥꯔꯤꯔꯤ ꯇꯨꯔꯦꯜ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Waimakaririelva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waimakariri River”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waimakaririelva”
  • Polish: “Waimakariri”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Waimakariri”
  • Russian: “Уаимакарири”
  • Spanish: “Río Waimakariri”
  • Spanish: “Waimakariri”
  • Swedish: “Waimakariri River”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваймакарірі”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Waimakariri”
  • Welsh: “Afon Waimakariri”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waimakariri River”. Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.