The Cascades
The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north then west from its sources in the Waitākere Ranges, reaching the Tasman Sea at Te Henga / Bethells Beach, to the south of Muriwai Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tiriwa and Waitākere Falls.
Waitākere Falls
Waterfall
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north then west from its sources in the Waitākere Ranges, reaching the Tasman Sea at Te Henga / Bethells Beach, to the south of Muriwai Beach.
Kelly Stream Waterfall
Waterfall
The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north then west from its sources in the Waitākere Ranges, reaching the Tasman Sea at Te Henga / Bethells Beach, to the south of Muriwai Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitākere and Swanson.
Waitākere
Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Waitākere, often called Waitākere Township or Waitākere Town, is a small, mostly rural settlement to the northwest of Auckland, New Zealand. Waitākere is situated 5 km northeast of The Cascades.
Swanson
Suburb
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.
Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream. Swanson is situated 6 km northeast of The Cascades.
Te Henga/Bethells Beach
Village
Photo: Piotr Zurek, CC BY 2.0.
Te Henga, or Bethells Beach, is a coastal community in West Auckland, New Zealand. The Māori name for the area, "Te Henga", is in reference to the long foredunes which run along the beach and look like the Henga or gunwale of an upturned waka hull. Te Henga/Bethells Beach is situated 6 km west of The Cascades.
The Cascades
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Auckland Region, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.8898° or 36° 53′ 23″ southLongitude
174.52201° or 174° 31′ 19″ eastElevation
103 metres (338 feet)Open location code
4VMP4G6C+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4938254368OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“The Cascades” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Cascades”
- German: “The Cascades”
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