Tūranganui River
The Tūranganui River is a river in the city of Gisborne, New Zealand. Formed by the confluence of the Taruheru River and the Waimata River, it flows through downtown Gisborne to reach the Pacific Ocean at the northern end of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Gisborne, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kaiti River” and “Turanganui River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gisborne City Vintage Railway and Gisborne railway station.
Gisborne City Vintage Railway
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gisborne City Vintage Railway Incorporated is a railway preservation group based in Gisborne, New Zealand. Operating on part of the northern section of the mothballed Palmerston North–Gisborne Line, the group was founded in 1985.
Gisborne railway station
Railway station
The Gisborne railway station in Gisborne, New Zealand was the main railway station in Gisborne; and the northern terminus of the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line from 1942 when the line was opened, until 2012 when the line was mothballed beyond Napier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Gisborne.
Victoria
Quarter
Victoria is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located close to the shore of Poverty Bay, to the southeast of the city centre, between the mouth of the Awapuni Creek and Awapuni. The suburb was named after Queen Victoria.
Gisborne
Photo: Jeanaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gisborne is a small sunny beachside city on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It's a popular holiday spot, especially in summer, as it has a warm, dry and sunny climate, swimming and surf beaches, wineries, and a more relaxed pace of life than larger cities.
Kaiti
Suburb
Kaiti is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Gisborne. It is located immediately to the east of the city centre, on the opposing bank of the Waimata River.
Tūranganui River
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Tūranganui River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tūranganui”
- Bengali: “তুরাঙ্গানুই নদী (গিসবোর্ন)”
- Bengali: “তুরাঙ্গানুই নদী”
- Cebuano: “Kaiti”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تورانجانوى”
- French: “Turanganui (fleuve)”
- French: “Turanganui”
- German: “Turanganui River”
- German: “Tūranganui River”
- Irish: “Tūranganui”
- Maori: “Tūranganui”
- Welsh: “Afon Turanganui”
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