Purakaunui River
The Purakaunui River is a river in the western Catlins, New Zealand. It rises west of Houipapa and flows through the Pūrākaunui Bay Scenic Reserve into the Pacific Ocean at Pūrākaunui Bay. The river is best known for Purakaunui Falls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Matai Falls.
Matai Falls
Waterfall
Photo: MikeB0815, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matai Falls is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Purakaunui River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caberfeidh and Maclennan.
Caberfeidh
Locality
The small settlement of Caberfeidh is located in The Catlins, in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The site of a former railway station on the Catlins Branch Line, it is sited close to a tributary of the Maclennan River, 5 kilometres north of the coast at Tahakopa Bay and 12 kilometres southwest of Owaka. Caberfeidh is situated 4½ km southwest of Purakaunui River.
Maclennan
Hamlet
Maclennan is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of Owaka. From 1915 until its closure on 27 February 1971, the Catlins River Branch railway passed through the village, and the station building and goods shed still stand today. Maclennan is situated 7 km southwest of Purakaunui River.
Papatowai
Hamlet
Papatowai is a small settlement in the Catlins ward of the Clutha District of the southeastern South Island of New Zealand. The settlement is situated half-way between the cities of Dunedin and Invercargill, on the Pacific coast close to the mouth of the Tahakopa River. Papatowai is situated 9 km southwest of Purakaunui River.
Purakaunui River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Purakaunui River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Riu Purakaunui”
- Cebuano: “Purakaunui River”
- French: “Purakaunui”
- Hausa: “Kogin Purakaunui”
- Tamil: “புருகனுய் நதி”
- Welsh: “Afon Purakaunui”
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