Akatarawa River
The Akatarawa River is a short river in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It flows south for approximately 20 km through small rocky gorges and the Akatarawa Valley before joining the Hutt River at Birchville, a suburb in the northern end of Upper Hutt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mangaroa railway station and Maymorn railway station.
Mangaroa railway station
Ruins
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
Mangaroa railway station was a single-platform rural railway station on the Wairarapa Line between Upper Hutt and Featherston in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island, on the section that was replaced by the Rimutaka Tunnel deviation in 1955.
Maymorn railway station
Railway station
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Maymorn railway station is a twin platform, rural request stop railway station serving the small settlement of Maymorn on the Maymorn Plateau, east of Upper Hutt, in New Zealand’s North Island. Maymorn railway station is situated 3 km east of Akatarawa River.
Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre
Arts center
Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre is an arts center, which is situated 3 km west of Akatarawa River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maoribank and Timberlea.
Maoribank
Suburb
Maoribank is a suburb of Upper Hutt, located 2–3 km east-northeast of the city centre. It was predominantly developed between 1950-1970 and had a population of just less than 1000 at the 2013 Census.
Timberlea
Quarter
Timberlea is a suburb of Upper Hutt, located 3.5-6.5 km northeast from the city centre. It had a population of 1612 at the 2013 Census. The suburb is located on a plateau of the Eastern Hutt Valley Hills, with most of the suburb being 115-135 metres above sea level.
Clouston Park
Suburb
Clouston Park is a suburb of Upper Hutt in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, located 0.5–2.5 km east-northeast from the city centre. It was predominantly developed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Akatarawa River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Akatarawa River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Akatarawa”
- Cebuano: “Akatarawa River”
- Dutch: “Akatarawa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اكاتاراوا”
- French: “Akatarawa”
- Georgian: “აკატარავა”
- German: “Akatarawa River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Akatarawa”
- Venetian: “Fiume Akatarawa”
- Welsh: “Afon Akatarawa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mangaroa and Brown Owl.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Emerald Hill and Cannon Point.
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