Waikato River
The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand, running for 425 kilometres through the North Island. It starts on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Watercourse
- Description: longest river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waikato”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Waikato and Maioro.
Port Waikato
Village
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Port Waikato is a New Zealand town that sits on the south bank of the Waikato River, at its outflow into the Tasman Sea, in the northern Waikato. Port Waikato is a well-known surfing and whitebaiting destination and a popular holiday spot.
Maioro
Locality
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Maioro is a locality, which is situated 8 km north of Waikato River.
Otaua
Hamlet
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Otaua is a rural settlement in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Waiuku and west of Aka Aka, on the northern side of the Waikato River. Otaua is situated 9 km north of Waikato River.
Waikato River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Waikato River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر وايكاتو”
- Armenian: “Ուայքատո (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Ուայքատո”
- Asturian: “Ríu Waikato”
- Basque: “Waikato ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Вайката”
- Belarusian: “Рака Вайката”
- Breton: “Waikato”
- Bulgarian: “Уайкато”
- Catalan: “Riu Waikato”
- Cebuano: “Waikato River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Waikato”
- Chinese: “怀卡托河”
- Chuvash: “Уаикато”
- Czech: “Waikato River”
- Czech: “Waikato”
- Dutch: “Waikato Rivier”
- Dutch: “Waikato”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وايكاتو”
- Estonian: “Waikato jõgi”
- French: “Waikato River”
- French: “Waikato”
- German: “Waikato River”
- Greek: “Γουαϊκάτο”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Γουαϊκάτο”
- Hindi: “वायकाटो नदी”
- Hungarian: “Waikato”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Waikato”
- Irish: “Abhainn Waikato”
- Irish: “Waikato”
- Italian: “Waikato”
- Japanese: “ワイカト川”
- Korean: “와이카토강”
- Lithuanian: “Vaikatas”
- Lithuanian: “Vaikato”
- Macedonian: “Ваикато”
- Malay: “Sungai Waikato”
- Malayalam: “വൈകാതോ നദി”
- Maori: “Waikato”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waikato”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waikato River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waikatoelva”
- Norwegian: “Waikato”
- Persian: “رود وایکاتو”
- Polish: “Waikato”
- Quechua: “Río Waikato”
- Quechua: “Waikato Mayu”
- Quechua: “Waikato River”
- Quechua: “Waykatu Mayu”
- Russian: “Ваикато”
- Russian: “Уаикато (река)”
- Russian: “Уаикато”
- Serbian: “Vaikato”
- Serbian: “Ваикато”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waikato”
- Spanish: “Rio Waikato”
- Spanish: “Río Waikato”
- Swedish: “Waikato River”
- Swedish: “Waikatofloden”
- Turkish: “Waikato Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ваїкато”
- Welsh: “Afon Waikato”
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Localities in the Area
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