Poroporo River
The Poroporo River is a river of the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It flows east from its sources in the eastern foothills of the Raukumara Range, reaching the Waiapu River close to its mouth, having shared the Waiapu's bed since the town of Tikitiki.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Tikitiki and Te Wharau Beach.
St Mary’s Church, Tikitiki
Church
Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a historic 20th-century Anglican church in Tikitiki, New Zealand. The church was established as a war memorial to local soldiers of Māori descent and also commemorates the establishment of Christianity in Waiapu and the East Coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tikapa and Tikitiki.
Tikapa
Locality
Photo: Dany Stormborn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tikapa is a rural community in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand. It is on the southern side of the Waiapu River mouth and north of Ruatoria. In 1952 the community numbered 156, predominantly Māori.
Tikitiki
Hamlet
Tikitiki is a small town in Waiapu Valley on the north bank of the Waiapu River in the Gisborne Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The area in which the town resides was formerly known as Kahukura.
Rangitukia
Hamlet
Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of East Cape in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is near the mouth of the Waiapu River.
Poroporo River
- Type: River
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.78526° or 37° 47′ 7″ southLongitude
178.43472° or 178° 26′ 5″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
4VJW6C7M+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 502781900OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2184384Wikidata ID
Q7230277
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Poroporo River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Poroporo River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوروبورو”
- French: “Poroporo”
- German: “Poroporo River”
- Welsh: “Afon Poroporo”
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